Tarmac Line

[Verse 1]
My bag is at my feet
Gate seat, numb knees
We’re rolling slow as honey
Past the row of silver wings

A taxi map of cones
Blinking red on the ground
One more plane ahead of me
I can’t get around

[Pre-Chorus]
You said we’d be airborne
By the time the sun dips low
But the line keeps crawling
And nobody moves too slow

[Chorus]
Tarmac line, tarmac line
I’m just waiting in the tarmac line
Tarmac line, tarmac line
Baby, it’s your turn, then it’s mine
One plane moves, then one plane slides
Tarmac line, tarmac line

[Verse 2]
The captain’s got a patience
Like a train at a stop
We watch the jet bridge fold in
Then it doesn’t leave the lot

Coffee in a paper cup
Going cold in my hand
I’m not mad, I’m just stuck here
With my toes in the sand

[Pre-Chorus]
You keep checking on your phone
Like it might make time obey
But the runway’s one long thread
And we’re wound up in the delay

[Chorus]
Tarmac line, tarmac line
I’m just waiting in the tarmac line
Tarmac line, tarmac line
Baby, it’s your turn, then it’s mine
One plane moves, then one plane slides
Tarmac line, tarmac line

[Bridge]
Then the cones peel back
And the engines start to sing
Slow at first, then steady
Like a promise made in spring

I lean when the cabin shifts
You grin like you knew all along
We were never really stalled out
We were just held in the song

[Chorus]
Tarmac line, tarmac line
I’m just waiting in the tarmac line
Tarmac line, tarmac line
Baby, it’s your turn, then it’s mine
One plane moves, then one plane slides
Tarmac line, tarmac line