[Verse 1]
Through fluorescent flickers underground
Newark's tunnels echo with the sound
Of footsteps racing towards the light
While the world above burns bright
Papers flutter like September snow
Down here time moves cruel and slow
[Chorus]
In this steel sanctuary below
Where strangers share what they can't show
The subway keeps on rolling through
While the sky above turns darker blue
We're all just trying to get back home
In this metal tube we're not alone
[Verse 2]
Postal worker's trembling at his post
Clutching letters like a tired ghost
Lady in her business suit and pearls
Mascara running as the chaos swirls
Some cat with headphones doesn't know
What happened up there hours ago
[Bridge]
Sirens bleeding through concrete
Hearts pounding to a different beat
Newark's finest underground
Making their way downtown
No one speaking, just the sound
Of wheels against the ground
[Verse 3]
Down here we're all the same damn breed
Sharing fear and desperate need
To reach our loved ones, hold them tight
As darkness falls into the night
The conductor's voice, a steady drone
"Next stop," just take us all back home
[Outro]
Years later in these tunnels deep
The memories of that day still seep
Through cracks in time, they whisper low
Of how we made it through the flow
Of history's darkest, longest ride
When Newark's heart beat strong inside