Nobody’s Typing (Take 2)

[Verse 1] It's 2:17 The whole feed stopped, coffee kept steaming The second hand walked someone wrote hello Then watched it stay gray Every little typing light faded away New York checked London, London checked Rome Millions held their phones like doors to empty homes No crash, no warning, no red system sign The world was still connected, but nothing crossed the line Can you hear me? No reply Can you see this? Nothing arrives Every screen kept glowing blue against our skin Seven billion windows [Chorus] No one's typing, nobody's typing Whole world waits for the dot to uncome Nobody's typing, nobody's typing Every mother's moving, but the wires stay numb I'm saying you are, you're there, you sent me those things now The way in between, nobody's typing So say it where your face can be seen [Bridge] What the silence means Are you, are you still? Still [Verse 2] A boy in Manila typed mom I'm okay A woman in Riga had one word to say A doctor sent results and lover sent come home A daughter sent I'm sorry, waited there alone Every truth was written, every truth stood still Confessions in the cables with nowhere left to spill No headlines in the morning, no rumors after ten For once the world knew nothing, then knew nothing again We played in the towers, we played in the rain We played in the dark, then we kissed each other again and again Then someone crossed the hallway, and knocked on someone's door The sound was small, but no one had heard a knock before [Chorus] Nobody's typing, nobody's typing Whole world waits for the dot to uncome Nobody's typing, nobody's typing Every mother's moving, but the wires stay numb I'm saying you are, you're there, you sent me those things now The way in between, nobody's typing So say it where your face can be seen [Verse 3] Without the endless answers, we heard the pipes at night The neighbors baby crying, the wings around the light Without a world to witness, I watched your tired hands Sealed what you had written and this time it could land No sent, no seen, no little screen between What hurts and what we need, no feed, no proof, just trembling air Carrying the truth [Chorus] Nobody's typing, nobody's typing Whole world speaks and the room respires Nobody's typing, nobody's typing We were never close, so we switched the lines I asked for there, you touched my shoulder, I'm right here The screens went dark, the faces gleam, nobody's typing And finally the message reached me Did you get that? Every word