[Verse 1] You drew a map on the window glass With a fingertip and a fading mark Two silver rings in the distance passed While the cabin hummed through the dark [Pre-Chorus] I kept your photograph face down Beside the cup we never filled Every mile from our old town Made the silence harder to hold [Chorus] If you can hear me past the blue I’m sending one small signal through No road, no shore, no morning train Just your name riding the solar rain And if the far side answers late I’ll leave the channel open at the gate Wherever the turning planets move I’ll find a way back to you [Verse 2] A red world rolled beneath the hull Dust like rust along its rim I counted every crater’s pull And wondered what became of him [Pre-Chorus] The instruments began to blink The night stretched wider than before I had one honest thing to think: I never meant to close that door [Chorus] If you can hear me past the blue I’m sending one small signal through No road, no shore, no morning train Just your name riding the solar rain And if the far side answers late I’ll leave the channel open at the gate Wherever the turning planets move I’ll find a way back to you [Bridge] Maybe distance is a kind of weather Maybe hearts can learn its tide I will keep this thread together With the little light I have inside [Final Chorus] If you can hear me past the blue I’m sending every truth to you Past ringed worlds and fields of flame Past the cold that erases names And if the far side answers late I’ll leave the channel open at the gate Wherever the turning planets move I’ll find a way back to you [Outro] The signal fades, the engines cool Your photograph turns face up I carry home what distance proves: Some bonds are stronger than the dark
