[Intro] [Atmospheric analog synth pads, lone piano notes, distant echoey saxophone] [Verse 1] The air is thin, the static’s loud I’m losing shape inside the crowd A rhythmic beat against my chest A heart that’s failed its final test I count the steps, I count the miles Beneath a thousand plastic smiles [Chorus] And it’s quiet... in the glare A heavy kind of nothing in the air I’m waiting for a ghost to call To catch my shadow ‘ere it falls In the pale light, in the blue Everything is real, but nothing’s true [Verse 2] You’re a frequency I used to keep A promise that I couldn’t sleep Now the dial is turned to gray Watching hours drift away There’s no answer in the hum Of the person I’ve become [Chorus] And it’s quiet... in the glare A heavy kind of nothing in the air I’m waiting for a ghost to call To catch my shadow ‘ere it falls In the pale light, in the blue Everything is real, but nothing’s true [Bridge] [Saxophone Solo - emotional, soaring, slightly distorted reverb] [Deep Cello resonance layers] [Chorus] And it’s quiet... in the glare A heavy kind of nothing in the air I’m waiting for a ghost to call To catch my shadow ‘ere it falls In the pale light, in the blue Everything is real, but nothing’s true [Outro] Everything is real... But nothing’s true. Just a hum. Just a flicker. [Fade out with deep cello resonance]
