Chappell Roan’s “The Subway” tugs at every nerve with gritty nostalgia and heartbreak on the rails. In this Ace Plays version, I hold onto that emotional city pulse, but add something even more intimate.
You still see them everywhere, the green hair, the beauty mark, the perfume that nearly drowns you. It’s twice the ache, twice the memory. This is for the people who can’t walk past a staircase the same again, who pretend they’re over it while counting every damn day.
I remade this to be just as haunting, and let’s be real, no one forgets like this. Stay raw. Stay resonant. Stay undone.
Lyrics:
I saw your green hair, beauty mark near your mouth There on the subway, nearly had a breakdown Weeks after that, someone wore your perfume It hit me harder, I almost had to leave the room
It’s just another day and, yeah, it’s not over ‘Til it’s over, it’s never over It’s just another day and, baby, it’s not over ‘Til it’s over, it’s never over
‘Til I don’t stop searching for you on staircases Or wish you believed that we were still soulmates But I’m still counting down all of these days ‘Til you’re just another girl seen on the subway
Made you the villain—all evil for moving on I still see your shadow, even with the lights out strong I made a promise, if in four months this still lingers Well, fu*k this city, Ace Plays said I’m getting bigger (…like, moving to Saskatchewan)
It’s just another day and, yeah, it’s not over ‘Til it’s over, oh, ‘til it’s over It’s just another day and, yeah, it’s not over ‘Til it’s over, it’s never over
‘Til I don’t break routine during foreplay And trust myself I won’t whisper your name this way But I keep counting down all of these days ‘Til you’re just another girl I glimpse on the subway
She’s got a way She’s got a way, she’s got a way And she got—she got away She got away, she got away Yeah, she’s got a way She’s got a way, she’s got a way And Ace Plays wrote it to feel this way So hit the like, she got away
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