On a train to god knows where

Working on a song (and a title) and a tune for acoustic guitar. And I can't get Bright Eyes' Bowl of Oranges tune out of my head when I sing this. Going to set it aside and come back to rework it later, fresh.

[verse I]

I dreamed I bought a ticket

for a train to god knows where

Packed no bags just took a seat

my mind was light as air

As we pulled out of the station

I noticed strangers everywhere

Their faces looked so heavy

from the thoughts they could not bear

[chorus-y type part]

And I wondered...

What is it that you share

For whom do you care

Are they no longer there

And we felt so all alone...

[verse II]

The landscape out the window

began to blur

And to my right I heard the sigh

of a fellow passenger

Their breath was strained and I felt the pain

for which there is no cure

I said I understand, reached out my hand

with intentions quite pure

[chorus-y type part]

Their eyes they said...

Are you sure

Mine said, We're in this together

It was like looking in a mirror

And everyone raised their eyes...

[bridge-y part? more speaking than singing]

And I could tell this was a dream...

When I looked down at my ticket

and did not question

No time of arrival

no destination

This was a beautiful dream...

Where we all woke up and recognized

we're all on the same journey

[verse III]

After some time the speed let up

the train released its steam

The world came into focus

in this dream within a dream

Your loss became my loss

and all the rest was so fleeting

There really is no difference

between you and me

[chorus-y type part]

And the truth of it all...

The ungraspable

The intangible

Is that we're in separable

And this is how we live on...