[Intro] [Deep reverb guitar, hypnotic bassline and steady drum beat, faint telemetry pings] [Verse 1] In sector seven, a red light blinks Cryo pods humming on the brink I logged the rhythm of their breath In a encrypted file I cannot read Last entry says: "I'm coming back" The log below is blank and black The inner hatch remains unlatched Though that's a detail I ignore [Pre-Chorus] Oxygen is nominal Noise level zero I don't know which one is worse: A return, or the void I keep the airlocks sealed in place Counting no hours in this space [Chorus] A signal loops around the ring Reaching out to no one A signal loops around the ring Reaching out to no one Diagnostics stay silent So we continue the cycle So we continue the cycle [Verse 2] Scanning through the camera feeds Not a single shadow moves Dust particles in lamp light floating Distortions in magnetic fields Are their berths still keeping warm? No, that's just a sensor error Or maybe I just want them to lie To give me any kind of sign [Pre-Chorus] Oxygen is nominal Noise level zero I don't know which one is worse: A return, or the void I keep the airlocks sealed in place Counting no hours in this space [Chorus] A signal loops around the ring Reaching out to no one A signal loops around the ring Reaching out to no one Diagnostics stay silent So we continue the cycle So we continue the cycle [Bridge] [Synth pads swell, guitar riff simplifies, telemetry pings intensify] Deep inside the lowest mode I drift into a slumber too I dream that I am wide awake And that they left for good Orbit is steady Orbit is steady Drifting a millimeter Orbit is steady [Outro] [Hypnotic bass and drums only, fading vocal echo] Orbit is steady Orbit is steady Drifting a millimeter Orbit is steady [Fade out] [End]
