RADIO STATION 11:11 S1E 7: “A Song I Haven’t Lived Yet”

[INTRO - SOLO PIANO, DISTANT RADIO HUM] [Soft radio static] FEMALE: I heard my own voice tonight… And I don’t remember singing this. [VERSE 1] There was a melody inside the static Soft enough to almost disappear A piano playing something I remembered Though I’d never heard it in my life before Then I heard myself say someone’s name A name I couldn’t recognize And suddenly I was standing somewhere With tears I hadn’t cried [PRE-CHORUS] How can a memory Arrive before the moment? How can a goodbye Happen before hello? I keep listening For an answer in the silence But the only thing I hear is: 11:11… [CHORUS] I’m listening to a song I haven’t lived yet A story written somewhere up ahead I know the ending But I don’t know the beginning And somehow I’m already missing someone I’m listening to a song I haven’t lived yet And every note feels like a photograph If this is my future Why does it feel like my past? And if I’ve heard tomorrow… How do I get back? [VERSE 2] There’s a little boy laughing in the background There’s a woman humming softly in the kitchen There’s a door that closes every evening There’s a voice saying, “Don’t forget me” I don’t know these people But I know the feeling Like I’ve spent a lifetime Trying to find my way home Then the music changed And I heard the sound of rain Someone whispered: VOICE: You promised you’d remember. [PRE-CHORUS] But I don’t remember Making any promises I don’t remember Being there at all Maybe memories Aren’t always behind us Maybe sometimes They are waiting where we fall [CHORUS] I’m listening to a song I haven’t lived yet A story written somewhere up ahead I know the ending But I don’t know the beginning And somehow I’m already missing someone I’m listening to a song I haven’t lived yet And every note feels like a photograph If this is my future Why does it feel like my past? And if I’ve heard tomorrow… How do I get back? [BRIDGE - PIANO ALMOST SILENT] [Radio static slowly rises] VOICE: You keep asking the wrong question. FEMALE: Then tell me the right one. VOICE: Don’t ask when it happens. FEMALE: What should I ask? VOICE: Ask who remembers it. [Silence] FEMALE: Who remembers? VOICE: You do. [Low piano chord] VOICE: You just haven’t remembered yet. [Instrumental swell] [FINAL CHORUS] I’m listening to a song I haven’t lived yet And now I hear something underneath A heartbeat A door A child laughing And somebody saying my name I’m listening to a song I haven’t lived yet Maybe tomorrow isn’t coming for me Maybe tomorrow already happened And I’m only catching up to it now [FINAL REFRAIN] Maybe tomorrow already happened Maybe yesterday hasn’t ended Maybe every moment is still somewhere Waiting for us to remember [OUTRO - SOLO PIANO] [Radio static] FEMALE, whispering: Who was singing? [Pause] VOICE: You were. [CLICK] [END]