[Intro — filtered / distant] Can you hear me? ... I can hear you. I just don't know if you're still saying anything. [Verse 1 — close / intimate] Your name still lights up my phone at night, Same little words, but they don't feel right. You ask how I've been, I say “I'm okay,” We trade little sentences with nothing to say. You still call me baby out of habit, I think, There's a second too long before every “goodnight.” Nothing happened, that's the hardest part— No slammed doors. No broken hearts. Just quieter calls and shorter replies, Watching somebody leave without saying goodbye. [Pre-Chorus — building] One bar... Two hearts... Miles apart without going far. If we're still connected, why does it feel like— static? [Chorus — melodic / emotional] You're breaking up, but I hear you just fine. There's static in the spaces between your words and mine. You say we're okay, but something's getting lost. I'm still reaching for you while the signal cuts off. Can you hear me? Can you hear me now? I'm screaming through the silence but nothing comes out. I didn't lose your number. I didn't lose your call. I just lost where you are. [DROP — Vocal Chop] Hear me—hear me—hear— Where you are—are—are— Signal lo-o-ost... [Future-bass drop] [Verse 2] Remember three-hour calls about absolutely nothing? Now five minutes feels like we're both interrupting. I know when you laugh and don't really mean it. You know when I'm hurt and pretend you didn't see it. So we keep up the ritual: “How was your day?” “Pretty good.” “That's good.” ... Okay. And somewhere between “sleep well” and “talk soon,” I started missing somebody while I was still talking to you. [Pre-Chorus] Full bars... No words... Funny how silence can still get heard. If we're still connected, why does it feel like— connection distortion [Chorus] You're breaking up, but I hear you just fine. There's static in the spaces between your words and mine. You say we're okay, but something's getting lost. I'm still reaching for you while the signal cuts off. Can you hear me? Can you hear me now? I'm screaming through the silence but nothing comes out. I didn't lose your number. I didn't lose your call. I just lost where you are. [Breakdown — beat mostly disappears] [CRIMSON — close-mic] Maybe that's what's killing me. We didn't stop talking. ... We just stopped saying anything. I kept waiting for some final sentence. Some reason. Some goodbye. But you don't always notice the exact moment a signal dies. Sometimes it fades so slowly... you keep saying hello long after nobody's there. [Build — increasingly processed] Can you hear me? hear me... Can you hear me now? hear me now... Are you still there? still there... Are we still— [FINAL CHORUS — huge] You're breaking up, and I hear it this time. The static isn't hiding what's been dying between the lines. Don't tell me we're okay just because we never fought. Sometimes nothing has to happen for everything to get lost. Can you hear me? You don't have to now. I'm done screaming through a silence you won't talk about. I still know your number. I still know who you are. But maybe loving someone doesn't mean they're where you are. [Final Drop — vocal chops] Hear me—hear me—hear— Let go—let go—go— Signal lo-o-ost... Where you are—are— [Outro — nearly dry vocal, phone connection tone] Hello? ... [distant voice] I'm here. [CRIMSON] ... I know. That's the problem.
