Lyrics
Spotlight on a subway car
Illustrates attention focused on a subway car
As it pulls into the station
Describes its arrival at the station
Doors open up
Highlights the opening of the doors
People spill out
Portrays people exiting the subway
My poems are there to greet them
Indicates the presence of the speaker's poems for people
Cherry whiteboards with sunny phrases
Depicts bright and positive phrases on whiteboards
Like, hello you, happy chappy
Examples a cheerful greeting message
Everyone's stuck in a maze
Reflects on everyone being stuck or lost
Oh, and by the way
Transition to a casual question about someone's morning
How's your morning been going
Expresses the absence of poems for farewells
But there are no poems to tell someone goodbye
Speaks of a lack of words when relationships fade
When you've grown apart, there are no words left to say
Emphasizes the difficulty in expressing emotions
And the saddest poem is the one that I can't write
Highlights the sorrow of unexpressed feelings
So I'll just leave this empty page
Decides to leave a blank page as a representation of this sadness
Jenny exits the subway car
Specifically mentions Jenny leaving the subway
And she sees the latest poem
Notes Jenny encountering the latest poem
She stops to think
Illustrates Jenny's contemplation about life as a poet
What life would be
Imagines a different life path for Jenny
If she could be a poet
Reflects on Jenny's thoughts about the city and the speaker
In the city, she thinks of me
Describes Jenny's mind wandering
As her mind begins to wander
Shows Jenny engaging with friends
She chats with friends
Describes Jenny catching her breath
Catches her breath
Indicates the start of meetings
There are meetings getting started
Reiterates the absence of poems for goodbyes
But there are no poems to tell someone goodbye
Re-emphasizes the challenge of expressing feelings post-separation
When you've grown apart, there are no words left to say
Repeats the sorrow in the inability to articulate emotions
And the saddest poem is the one that I can't write
Reiterates the sadness of unexpressed sentiments
So I'll just leave this empty page
Reaffirms leaving an empty page to convey this sadness
Doors close on a subway car
Depicts the subway doors closing as the workday ends
As the workday comes to an end
Signals the end of the workday
The cheery whiteboard
Refers to the now-empty whiteboard Jenny saw earlier
Jenny passed before
Describes the absence of poems on the whiteboard
No longer has poems to share
Highlights Jenny's reflection on the day passed
She stops to think of the day gone by
Indicates Jenny taking a seat alone
As she takes a seat at the back
Shows Jenny seemingly alone and lost in thoughts
Alone it seems
Reflects on Jenny starting to daydream
She starts to dream
Portrays Jenny's fading connection with the world
As her world fades to black
Emphasizes the absence of farewell poems again
But there are no poems to tell someone goodbye
Reiterates the difficulty in expressing emotions post-separation
When you've grown apart, there are no words left to say
Repeats the sadness in the inability to articulate emotions
And the saddest poem is the one that I can't write
Emphasizes the sorrow of unexpressed sentiments
So I'll just leave this empty page
Confirms leaving an empty page as a representation of this sadness
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