Submerged Megacity Bebop (Half Step Away)

[Verse 1] You drift one deck too close In this blue commuter glow My hands stay at my sides While currents let it show There’s a word behind my teeth That drowns before a sound I watch it break in ripples Before it leaves my mouth [Pre-Chorus] If I move, the pressure changes If I speak, it might turn real So I keep it folded tight Like a code I never seal [Chorus] Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow I trace that spiral slow Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow Like I’m one step from you Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow My silence lets it grow Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow And you’ll never know [Verse 2] You laugh and meet the glass Where the low-lit highways gleam The towers blur beneath us Like a sonar-printed dream I could send your name in clicks Let it bend this heavy air But I just let you pass me by And keep my wanting there [Pre-Chorus] If I move, the pressure changes If I speak, it might turn real So I keep it folded tight Like a code I never seal [Chorus] Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow I trace that spiral slow Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow Like I’m one step from you Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow My silence lets it grow Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow And you’ll never know [Bridge] Maybe I’m not afraid of you Maybe I’m afraid of what you’d say If you heard the whole depth shaking In this drowned and endless bay So I stay where the almost lives In the space between the first ping and true [Final Chorus] Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow I trace that spiral slow Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow Like I’m one step from you Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow My silence lets it grow Ping, wave, ring, fade, echo, shadow, ghost, glow And you’ll never know