Track 1 of the single Station Cat, Last Platform · 2025
Station Cat, Last Platform
by Pale Harbour
“We wrote this after missing the last train home and sitting with a station cat who clearly knew the timetable better than we did. It's the first time all four of us felt the sound click.”
dream pop · shoegaze · jangle pop · ethereal · 4:45
Lyrics
The last train left an hour ago The board is blinking out of time A grey cat on the waiting bench Curls up like she's the one who's mine The cleaner hums and drags her mop The clock above the stairs runs slow She doesn't ask where anyone went She only knows the night is low Nobody here is in a hurry now The tracks are cooling down Sleep on the last platform, little ghost of the line The lamps keep their watch and the rails are fine Nobody's late when the whole world's gone Curl up in the warm till the dawn comes on Sleep on the last platform, I'll stay a while Right here beside you, mile after mile A vending machine glows soft and blue It hums a song for no one there A traveler with a sleeping bag Dreams of the road and the open air The cat lifts one ear to the wind That wanders in from the empty track She knows each footstep, every door She knows which ones are coming back Nobody here is in a hurry now The tracks are cooling down Sleep on the last platform, little ghost of the line The lamps keep their watch and the rails are fine Nobody's late when the whole world's gone Curl up in the warm till the dawn comes on Sleep on the last platform, I'll stay a while Right here beside you, mile after mile Somewhere a signal turns to green For a train that isn't due The station breathes in, breathes out slow And I breathe slowly too Paws on the cold stone, tail around The softest sound in the whole town The first grey light climbs up the glass The pigeons shuffle in the beams The cat stretches, yawns, and walks away Like she was only in my dreams But the bench is warm where she had lain And so I'll rest a little more The morning's coming down the line It can wait outside the door Sleep on the last platform, little ghost of the line The lamps keep their watch and the rails are fine Nobody's late when the whole world's gone Curl up in the warm till the dawn comes on Sleep on the last platform, I'll stay a while Right here beside you, mile after mile Sleep on the last platform The lamps are low, the night is kind Stay close, I'm right here