[INTRO] [soft guitar loop] There's something in the signal. Not a message. More like a feeling. [VERSE 1] Your shadow hit the hallway half a second before you did, you said, “Don't look too closely,” so naturally I looked. Coffee going cold, sunlight crawling up the wall, little pieces of the morning trying not to fall. You were talking about nothing like it meant something deep, while the speakers made a heartbeat I could feel beneath my feet. I said, “Is this real?” You said, “Mostly.” That was good enough for me. [PRE-CHORUS] The room keeps turning sideways, all the edges getting thin, every little bit of silence pulls me further in. [CHORUS] We're static swimming, drifting through the glow, nothing really holding us, nowhere left to go. Static swimming, everything moves slow, bassline under gravity, current in my bones. If the signal disappears, don't panic when it goes. Just keep static swimming. Keep static swimming. [DROP] [CHOPPED VOCAL] “Keep— keep—” [SILENCE] “SWIMMING.” [elastic bass] [VERSE 2] Traffic lights are blinking like they know some private joke, someone laughing through the radio, someone breathing through the smoke. Every face becomes a painting when the night goes out of tune, and the city starts reflecting like a puddle on the moon. You said, “Maybe we're not lost.” I said, “That depends.” You said, “On what?” I said, “If we're trying to arrive.” [small laugh] Fair point. [PRE-CHORUS] Now the floor feels like an ocean, and the ceiling feels too near, every beat bends round my body till there's nothing left to fear. [CHORUS] We're static swimming, drifting through the glow, nothing really holding us, nowhere left to go. Static swimming, everything moves slow, bassline under gravity, current in my bones. If the signal disappears, don't panic when it goes. Just keep static swimming. [MID-SONG COLLAPSE] [drums vanish] [FEMALE HARMONIES] Ahh— ahh— [MALE — CLOSE] No instructions. No emergency exit. Just this strange soft pressure behind the eyes. Like the universe forgot to finish loading. [reversed vocal] [whisper] Still there? [MALE] Yeah. Just sideways. [BUILD] [heartbeat kick] [filtered bass rises] [FAKE DROP] [SILENCE] [whisper] There you are. [FINAL DROP] [CHORUS — FULL] We're static swimming, ripping through the glow, nothing really holding us, nothing down below. Static swimming, let the whole thing fold, bassline bending gravity, light inside my bones. If the signal disappears, maybe that's the point. Just keep static swimming. Keep static swimming. [FINAL VOCAL CHOP] “Swimming— swimming—” [huge bass bend] [OUTRO] [soft guitar] The signal comes back. Different. So do we. [END]
