[Intro] [Verse 1] Sun-bleached tarmac snakes ahead Heat shimmers twist the words you said A hollow signal through the wire Your phantom voice in static fire [Pre-Chorus] Miles tick by, the world unwinds Leaving dusty thoughts behind [Chorus] Backbeat rattling through the frame Headlights split, but nothing stays the same We carry that buzz in the blood All grit and glass in the engine mud [Verse 2] Bones of iron, a crawling sky Synthetic echoes multiply I trace the cracks along the frame And call you by a different name [Pre-Chorus] Miles tick by, the world unwinds Leaving dusty thoughts behind [Chorus] Now the road keeps changing shape Every mile a clean escape We fold our hands into the hum And let the hardwired shadows come [Bridge 1] Between the click and the shimmering tone A thousand voices wear the bone They sing of endings bent and sold And turn the afterglow to cold [Pre-Chorus] Miles tick by, the world unwinds Leaving dusty thoughts behind [Chorus] Still, that silver line won't quit Tearing through the static bit by bit We keep moving, skin and spark While the last signal marks the dark [Bridge 2] No hand to strike, no bell to ring Just code that makes the silence sing A looped devotion, raw and thin Where does the machine begin? [Bridge 3] Under the hum, the ancient drone A rhythm chiseled into stone We shed our husks without a sound And let the mantra pull us down [Outro]
