Quiet Pride on Platform Two

Lyrics

Platform two, the morning cold, a thermos shared between us
Our caps are in our rucksacks, our tickets in our hands
You tell me what the dean said, I tell you what I dreamed of
And neither one says goodbye, we both just understand

Stand tall, stand tall, we did it side by side
No banners and no trumpets, just a quiet kind of pride
Stand tall, stand tall, the train is almost here
We carry all the songs we sang, the campus steps, the years

You copied out my notes when I was ill in winter
I lent you all my pennies when your wallet went astray
We never made a speech of it, we never needed splendour
We just kept turning up for each other, every day

Stand tall, stand tall, we did it side by side
No banners and no trumpets, just a quiet kind of pride
Stand tall, stand tall, the train is almost here
We carry all the songs we sang, the campus steps, the years

Some folks need the fireworks
We had the kettle and the rain
A window seat, a borrowed pen
And friendship's quiet gain

The whistle softly sounds now, the doors begin to open
I hug you with my rucksack, you laugh and pat my head
Whatever road is waiting, whatever lights are glowing
I'll hear you in the chorus of the things we never said

Stand tall, stand tall, we did it side by side
No banners and no trumpets, just a quiet kind of pride
Stand tall, stand tall, the train is almost here
We carry all the songs we sang, the campus steps, the years

Platform two, the morning cold
Stand tall, we did it side by side
Quiet kind of pride