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S2E17 Bonus - Just Amber
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There are songs and poems about the red and green lights. But what about Amber? Shy. Fleeting. Amber has a job too.
This week's episode is about traffic lights and it felt appropriate to cast our gaze at the glowing amber hue and dedicate this week's song to the lesser-loved traffic light colour.
[Verse 1]
Three seconds is all I get
Between the start and the stop
You look at me like you know
What I'm trying to say
Brake a little early
Gas a little late
Either way you're answering
Something I never quite said
[Chorus]
I'm amber
Just amber
You stop for the red
You rushin' past the green
I'm just Amber in the middle
I'm amber
Just amber
[Verse 2]
Songs get written for red
Poems for green
No one writes about warning
That sits in between
I've got a job in the system
I slow the whole town down
I'm the breath that the city takes
In that moment unseen
[Chorus]
I'm amber
Just amber
You stop for the red
You rushin' past the green
I'm just Amber in the middle
I'm amber
Just amber
[Bridge]
I don't get named in the story
I don't get time in the scene
I'm just the turn of a second
Between what was and what's been
You're already leaving
Before I begin
I'm gone in a heartbeat
Like I've never been
[Final Chorus]
I'm amber
Just amber
You stop for the red
You rushin' past the green
I'm just Amber in the middle
I'm amber
Just amber
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Three seconds is all I get. Between the start and the stop, you look at me like you know what I'm trying to say. Break a little early, guess a little late. Either way, you're answering something I never quite said I'm amber. Just amber. You stop for the red, you rushing past the green. I'm just amber in the middle. I'm amber. Just amber. Songs get written for it. Poems for green. No one writes about warning. Sits in between. I got a job in the system. I slow the whole town down. I'm the breath that the city takes in that moment and scene. I'm amber, just amber. You stop for the rest. You rush and pass the green. I'm just amber in the middle. I'm amber. Just amber. I don't get named in the story. I don't get time in the scene. I'm just the turn of a second between what was and what's been. You're already leaving. Before I begin, I'm gone in a heartbeat like I've never been. I'm amber, just amber. You stop for the red, you rush and pass the green. I'm just amber in the middle. I'm amber. Just amber.
