Waited Under A Streetlamp

敏哲詮釋的
An Existential Stalker

I waited under that lamp
Through every season change
Same cone of yellow
Same old ache in my name

Under the streetlamp
I've been showing up for years
Same cracked sidewalk
Same taxi hiss by the curb
My shoes learned the weather
My hands learned the cold
I count the buzz in the light
Like it's keeping score

Every car that slows down
Makes me turn my head
Every door down the block
Could be you instead

I waited under that lamp
Through every season change
Same cone of yellow
Same old ache in my name
I kept your side of the sidewalk
Like you'd still cut through
I waited under that lamp
And it waited there too

The corner store closes
Before I'm ready to move
I buy cheap coffee
And let it go lukewarm
The bus splashes water
Across my cuffs
And the guy in the window
Keeps looking like us

Every siren in the distance
Feels one step away
Every face in the glass
Fades out the same way

I waited under that lamp
Through every season change
Same cone of yellow
Same old ache in my name

I stopped counting the weeks
Then the months, then the years
Left my fingerprints
On the pole and the beer
They swapped the bulb once
I was there when they did
Same light on my shoulders
Same ghost I lived with

I waited under that lamp
Through every season change
Same cone of yellow
Same old ache in my name

Ooh, I stood
Ooh, I stood
Under that lamp
Under that lamp