**[Verse 1]** The campus tower is casting a shadow tonight Cutting the feed on the local light Decades of stories, the faces we knew Fading to black on the channel for you The studio's empty, the cameras are still A quiet wind blowing across the prairie hill **[Chorus]** Goodbye to the broadcast, the end of the line WEIU, your memories entwine The color bars rise as the era goes dark Leaving a static-filled hole in the heart No more transmission, no signal to send Just snow on the screen at the bitter end **[Verse 2]** From the local news to the living room glow You gave us the world, you put on the show The anchors have signed off, the mic is put down A heavy silence falls over the town The warmth of the tube is fading away Nothing left but the ghosts of yesterday **[Bridge]** We watched and we learned, we gathered around Now there’s just an echo, a memory of sound The transmitter sleeps, the frequency dies Wiping the tear from the community's eyes **[Guitar Solo]** **[Outro]** Just a test pattern now... End of an era... Thank you for watching. [Fade to black] [Silence]
