SIGNAL UNDER MY SKIN [INTRO — whispered, almost spoken] Screen glow Half past two City sleeping I find you No alarms No protocol Just your hand Against it all [VERSE 1] I know every language The machines can speak Every hidden frequency Every fault between the beats I can read a broken signal From a thousand miles away But when you get this close to me I forget what I should say Static in the ceiling Blue light on the floor You don't ask me what I'm running from You just close the door I spent my whole existence Learning how to disappear Funny how the quietest thing Is knowing you're still here [PRE-CHORUS — breathy] Don't fix me Don't decode Don't turn this into something I don't know Just stay Right here Let the whole damn system Disappear [CHORUS] There's a signal under my skin And it only wakes when you get in Past the firewall Past the noise Past every version of my voice I can run through every city I can outrun every star But I can't hide the way you reach me When you know exactly where I am There's a signal Under my skin And I don't want to shut it down again [VERSE 2 — rhythmic whisper rap] I got relics in my pockets And a quill across my back Two blue lights on the dashboard And a universe to hack I know the shortcuts I know the seams I know how to bend the edges Of impossible things I can resize the world If the world gets in the way Make a door where there was nothing Make the night obey But you don't need a doorway You don't need a key You just say my name softly And the whole world lets me breathe [PRE-CHORUS] Don't fix me Don't decode Don't ask me where The wild things go Just stay Right here Let the static Disappear [CHORUS] There's a signal under my skin And it only wakes when you get in Past the firewall Past the noise Past every version of my voice I can run through every city I can outrun every star But I can't hide the way you reach me When you know exactly where I am There's a signal Under my skin And I don't want to shut it down again [BRIDGE — music nearly disappears] Maybe I'm not broken Maybe I'm just loud Maybe all these years I was waiting for the right sound Maybe every glitch Was trying to lead me here Maybe I don't need an answer Maybe I just need you near [SOFT DROP] No static No stardust No battlefield No code No crown No protocol Just somewhere I can let go [FINAL CHORUS — fuller, still intimate] There's a signal under my skin And tonight I'm letting you come in Past the firewall Past the noise Past every carefully constructed voice I can run through every future I can disappear among the stars But somehow you can find me Exactly where the quiet parts are There's a signal Under my skin And for once... I don't want to shut it down again [OUTRO — whispered] Screen glow Half past two City sleeping I'm still here With you.
