[Verse 1] The radio dial slipped past the half-life report Your voice came through from years ago You said the sun was loud tonight And sparks were crossing the aerials [Pre-Chorus] I held my breath beside my ham radio while the ion storm shook the speaker you asked if I could hear you loud and clear a voice I hadn’t heard before [Chorus] We met for just a minute Between two distant waves You laughed about the northern lights that day Then silence took the channel And left your voice with me A brief hello through a temporal collision A solar maximum transmission [Verse 2] You asked me how the weather was I thought you joked, but played along “Another day of nuclear winter” You laughed, but something sounded wrong “I suppose you have sunshine, birds, trees, and skies that are blue?” I said it with a sarcastic flair You replied, “Of course. Don’t you?” “What year am I talking to?” You answered without a care A year before my parents met Before I was anywhere [Break] For a moment neither of us spoke We just listened to the air Two strangers on the same frequency Who should never have been there [Pre-Chorus] then you said, “The sky is turning strange” I heard the softest signal bend We told each other our names just before we went off the air. [Chorus] We met for just a minute Between two distant waves You laughed about the northern lights that day Then silence took the channel And left your voice with me A brief hello through a temporal collision A solar maximum transmission [Bridge] I looked you up—you had a good life I learned the years still waiting for you I know you now, but you’ll never know me Just a voice that once came through your radio I’ll remain a mystery On the other side of time Wondering if you’ll turn the dial When the sun erupts again [Final Chorus] We met for just a minute No promise, no address Just one warm voice across the years And a sky in bright unrest The signal vanished into silence But I still lock the frequency Hoping you might come through again At the next big solar flare [Outro] The dial rests where we left it The room grows still again I like to imagine somewhere you are saying hello And waiting for my voice again
