Lily Henley - Last Train Home
“Semete Saishuu Denshamade” tells the tale of two lonely souls meeting late at night over drinks. One begs the other to stay “until the last train calls,” which is significant in Japan since the train, the only mode of transport for many, doesn’t run all night. Fiddler Lily Henley reverses the original motif in “Last Train Home,” singing about her leaving instead of pleading for someone to stay. |
Lyrics
Last Train Home
( English Lyrics by Lily Henley )
Since first we met you've been on my mind
Equations and numbers that I'll never learn
Years have passed and faces are lined
I've traveled far and I wont return
If I go, darling won't you follow me?
Sands always move with time
Fast as the steel that carries this train
The lighter the grain, the further they climb
Secrets are kept but stories remain
If I go, darling who will follow me?
I've escaped, and I don't know who I'll be.
Your face is blurred and my drink is strong
I'd call your name but it's been too long
Last train of the day and no other way
To get back home...
One hundred blocks are never enough
I cross over bridges, hear melodies playing
When I close my eyes it's you by my side
Imagine we're changing, imagine we're staying
If I go, darling who will follow me?
This escape is something no one could believe.
When the train pulls in it'll be the end
Just promise me we'll speak again
There's nothing that you wouldn't do
To get back home...
If I go, darling who will follow me?
I'm awake and the train's about to leave
Your face is blurred, My drink is strong
I'd call your name, but it's been too long
I'd let you go if you promised me
I'd get back home
When the train pulls in it'll be the end
Just tell me that we'll speak again
I'd let it go if you promised me
We'd get back home
Original Japanese Lyrics Translation
Until the Last Train Calls
(Music and Lyrics by Kazuo Zaitsu)
Do as you please
There's no happiness for people like us
If you think about it, we've been together forever
So long, that even the color of the tatami mat has faded
So at least stay with me until the last train calls
That's the last present you'll ever need to give to me
Let's not get stuck on dried up conversation
It'll only make the drinks taste worse
And even if we pretend to be drunk and laugh
Our faces just don't look right
So at least stay with me until the last train calls
That's the last present you'll ever need to give to me
What do you mean to be butting in now
Complaining of the cigarettes and drinking
The one I'm worried about is you
With no place to go on a late night like this
So at least stay with me until the last train calls
That's the last present you'll ever need to give to me
Click to hear original Japanese song
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Credits
Music produced by Dave Liang for Undercover Culture Music
Video produced by Jamahl Richardson for 7DayVisa
Last Train Home feat. Lily Henley
Inspired by "Semete Saishuu Denshamade"
Music and Original Lyrics by Kazuo Zaitsu
English Lyrics by Lily Henley
Recorded in NYC, NY (USA)
Engineered by Emil Karol
Mixing by Dave Liang
Mastered by Emil Karol
Vocals and fiddle: Lily Henley
All other instrumentation & programming: Dave Liang
