Waiting for a Train – Mats Dernánd Finally Lets the Song Out

I Used to Wait for Trains, Too

I was always waiting for a train. We all do. As a kid, I’d wander down to the station in my small town and just stand there – watching the comings and goings, imagining destinations, tracing tracks with my eyes like they held answers. So when Mats Dernánd drops a song titled Waiting for a Train, I get it. Not just the title. But also the weight of it.

Just to make things clear, Mats didn’t pull this track out of some writing camp or a weekend jam. This one had roots. Deep ones. He first heard the song hum to life while literally standing on a platform. Back then, he wasn’t an indie artist with Spotify stats and songwriting awards. He was just a guy, probably freezing a bit, waiting for his ride, and suddenly – boom – melody.

Back then phones weren’t smart yet, so he scribbled the tune in a notebook. Like the old days. Like when music had to wait its turn. And then, the song waited for decades.

The Melody That Never Give Up

According to Mats, the song followed him, quietly insisting on being heard – not like a tune meant to be forgotten. He was haunted, whispering in the background while he tried to focus on shinier, newer ideas. Most of us push these old ghosts aside – songs we never finished, letters we never sent, chances we didn’t take. But this one had a voice, and Mats finally listened.

“Standing all alone / And I’ve been standing all alone long time / Staring at an empty rail” —That line hits like a damn mood. We’ve all stared at tracks, real or metaphorical, waiting for life to shift. Sometimes it does. Most times, it’s just you and the silence.

But don’t take this as a ballad of heartbreak or drunken nights. It’s a pop tune, surprisingly cheerful. Euphoric, even. And if you listen closely, there’s a type of stubborn longing in it. The kind that comes from waiting not just for a train, but for a change.

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The Song That Waited for Decades

Here’s the kicker: Waiting for a Train is the first song where Mats plays all the instruments himself. Keys. Trumpet. Harmonica. The whole deal. That alone is an intimate flex, but he never pretended it’s a one-man show. He credits his fellow musicians for giving the song its real pulse. That’s the sound of collaboration. Of letting go, of finally saying, “Fine, you win, song – let’s do this.”

He even admits the title’s a cliché. Fair enough. But clichés are clichés for a reason – they’ve got roots in something real. And this one’s earned its place. It was born on a platform, scribbled into a notebook, buried for years, then finally unearthed and recorded just to silence the nagging. If that isn’t honest music-making, I don’t know what is.

Waiting for a Train – Mats Dernánd

Waiting for a Train walks its own path. Made with time, memory, and the kind of persistence that doesn’t care about charts. And I respect the hell out of that. There’s a lesson in here – about patience, persistence, and listening to those old ideas that won’t shut up. Sometimes they’ve got something to say.

You can hear the longing, you can feel the joy of release. And, if you’re like me, you’ll remember the platform you once stood on, the cold rail beneath your feet, and the feeling that something was – maybe, just maybe – on its way. Mats Dernánd’s out there – Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, YouTube. Click around, dig in, get lost.

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