[Verse 1] Static on the skyline, 1999 Pixels in the twilight, flickering in my mind We were dancing on the modem, hearts dialed in slow Signals through the ether, where did all that time go? Neon ghosts are calling, through the copper wire Your voice still decomposing, in the warm tape fire Every click and every buffer, every late-night hum Feels like yesterday is glitching, but it never comes [Pre-Chorus] And I’m floating… in the lag… Trying to find you in the drag… [Chorus] Play it back, play it back, let the memory crack Through the white noise, through the haze, through the years we can’t get back We were infinite, infinite, in the glow of phosphor screens Now I’m chasing broken signals in my dreams [Hook] (stuttered) Drea-ea-ea-eams… Sig-nal-nal-nal… Infinite… fi-fi-finite… Chasing you… you-you-you… through the blue… [Verse 2] Floppy disk confessions, saved on shaky drives Your laughter in the buffer, keeps me half-alive We built castles out of dial-up, kingdoms made of light Now the towers are all silent in the endless night Echoes keep on pulsing like a heartbeat from the past Waves are rising higher, making shadows dance at last I can almost touch the version of us glowing on the screen Before the world went quiet, before we lost the dream [Pre-Chorus] And I’m floating… in the lag… Still in love with what we had… [Chorus] Play it back, play it back, let the memory crack Through the white noise, through the haze, through the years we can’t get back We were infinite, infinite, in the glow of phosphor screens Now I’m chasing broken signals in my dreams [Hook] (stuttered) Drea-ea-ea-eams… Sig-nal-nal-nal… Infinite… fi-fi-finite… Never let you go… go-go-go… [Break] (dreamy, stripped) If I could rewind the tape… Would you still be there waiting… In the soft magnetic rain… Saying my name… saying my name… [Final Chorus] Play it back, play it back — louder, let it crack! Burn it through the cosmos, bring the old world back We were infinite, infinite — burning through the seams Forever chasing signals… in my dreams [Outro] Sig-nal… sig-nal… Drea-eams… Fading… fading…
