Terminal X

[Caravan Ray]

Terminal X
Caravan Ray

Fluorescent morning, plastic sky
Speakers crackle, children cry
Rolling suitcases confess
Every step a second guess
We are all queued up in quiet lines
We are stuck in endless terminal times

Terminal times
Terminal times
Terminal times
Terminal signs
Terminal times
Terminal times
Terminal times
It’s terminal

Departure boards dissolve to grey
Every flight just slips away
Names erased before they’re called
A living hell in concrete walls
Airport lounge is running low on wine
Just terminal tequila - no lime

Terminal times
Terminal times
Terminal times
Terminal signs
Terminal times
Terminal times
Terminal times
It’s terminal

Final calls that never call
Echoes drift along the hall
Gate is open, gate is closed
And I’m slowly decomposing
Lost my mind at carousel nine
It never came but I’m feeling fine
Cancelled and cancelled and cancelled again
It’s getting terminal.
It’s the end

[roymond]

Terminal X
The Reverend

Mind the gap as you exit
They warn you at least
And mind it you will
Or you’ll be down on your knees

That’s nowhere to be seen
Not even to be
Cause being ain’t easy
Wherever you been

You had me at seven
you had me at eight
You had me at nine, you know
but that feels too late

I just want to doze in my den
I just need to find a little zen
Lead me through the maze and then
Show me Terminal Ten

[TLSC]

Terminal X
by: The Lonely Socks Club

You asked me if I want to stop for a coffee on the way
Like we’re two ordinary people on an ordinary day

I heard machines beeping and humming out of key
and I knew when the doctor walked in because he wouldn’t even look at me


I watched your face to see if something rearranged
But you just nodded once like nothing had changed

We drove home in a silence I could barely hold
When you made some joke about never growing old

And I memorized the pattern of the tile on the hospital floor
And I still never check the time cause I wanted more

But seasons change and you left me standing all alone at Terminal X,
you left, you left, Terminal X

We sang our songs out loud but we didn’t have a clue
No matter how loud we sing It doesn’t make the truth untrue

And nothing prepares you for Terminal X

[glennny]

East Bay Rivals
Geech-drums
Ken-bass
glennny-guitars and vocals

Terminal X
Don’t fall asleep too long
You might miss your connection
Your instincts are not wrong
Inspect your collection

So long Oakland
Hello Salt Lake
Lost all my tokens
When I made a little mistake

You run
When can’t take flight
It’s done
Somewhere in the middle of the night

You couldn’t believe what happened next
A familiar voice but out of context
You gave it time but never gave it a rest
It all went down at terminal X

If you finally belong
It requires an inspection

Welcomed heartache
Dismissed red flags
Lost my keepsake
(it’s) not in my checked bags

No fun
When you miss your flight
Feel dumb
The connection that you mentioned wasn’t tight

You couldn’t believe what happened next
A familiar voice but out of context
You gave it time but never gave it a rest
It all went down at terminal X

[spiralisland]

**Terminal X**
by Spiral Island

I’m such a mess
everyone I’ve met
is just a breakup away
from becoming yet another x
so many dead-end relationships
but maybe it’s for the best
that they ended when they did
it’s like it all led up to this

right about now is when I often start checking the clock
but this time I’m turning it off

You could be my terminal X
I won’t be saying thank u next
cuz I want you next to me
inexorably
I confess
You could be my terminal X

I’m not built for durability
any actuary could tell you that
it’s not like we have eternity
but I hope you’ll be my very last

From the start you attracted me
like a deep well of gravity
I fell at at terminal velocity

There’s no leaving this life together, just ask Juliet
and I don’t want to yet

You could be my terminal X
I won’t be saying thank u next
cuz I want you next to me
inexorably
I confess
You could be my terminal X
you’re last one that I’d ever reject
cuz I want you next to me
inexpressibly
I confess
You could be my terminal X

In the fullness of time
You gotta recognize
that anyone you’re with
You gotta part from one day
But that doesn’t make
it a mistake to give in

and so that person who catches your eye in a crowded party
you might not even know their name yet, but they’re already your x in a way
but out of all the x's you’ll have over the course of your life,
there’s always going to be one who ends up being the very last.
Someone special…

You could be my terminal X
I won’t be saying thank u next
cuz I want you next to me
inexorably
I confess
You could be my terminal X
you’re last one that I’d reject
cuz I want you next to me
inexpressibly
I confess
You could be my terminal X