"Terminal" is a song by British-American singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, released as a single in 1974.
The song is included on his 1974 debut album, Widescreen on Epic Records.
A married family man "working for a computer" on Wall Street meets a woman at a bus terminal, and the two have a one-day fling in which he calls in sick from work.
Some time later, he returns to the terminal, reminiscing while realizing he will almost certainly never see her again and regretting his decision.
He describes his transition back to normal life as a terminal illness, as if he is "living dead."