# Your Voice Across the Wire **[Intro – low guitar, distant whistle]** Well, the years went rolling onwards, Like headlights through the rain, Through a thousand different evenings, Through the laughter and the pain. We never knew where we'd be going, Never knew what came in store, But somehow when the night was over, We were talking just once more. **[Verse 1]** We met inside those channels, Where the whole damn world could wait, Talking nonsense into morning, Staying up a little late. There were jokes that made no sense at all, But somehow made us cry, And stories that got stranger Every single time we'd try. Then we'd fire up the engines, Put the pedal to the floor, Turn a quiet game of Forza Into automotive war. One of us would miss the corner, One would swear the game had lied, Then we'd laugh until we couldn't breathe, Still riding side by side. **[Chorus]** And your voice comes through the wire, Through the darkness, through the noise, Like a fire burning steady, Like the safest of all joys. We've been broken, bent and battered, We've been dragged through mud and mire, But I know somehow I'll be alright When your voice comes through the wire. **[Verse 2]** Then came Tom Clancy operations, Plans constructed carefully— Which lasted maybe thirty seconds Before complete insanity. Sneaking quietly through the shadows, Professional, precise and cool... Till somebody did something stupid And completely broke the rules. We've laughed at all our failures, We've cried when life got hard, We've seen each other hurting When the world had dealt bad cards. No pretending we were perfect, Never asked the other to— You accepted all my madness, And I did the same for you. **[Chorus]** And your voice comes through the wire, Through the darkness, through the noise, Like a fire burning steady, Like the safest of all joys. We've been broken, bent and battered, We've been dragged through mud and mire, But I know somehow I'll be alright When your voice comes through the wire. **[Verse 3 – quieter]** We've both carried things behind us That we rarely let folks see, Those long roads and lonely places And the things that used to be. There were nights of tears and silence, There were days we barely knew How the hell we'd keep on going— But somehow... we both do. And after all these years together, You can still catch me off guard, Still surprise me with a sentence, Still make me laugh too hard. We know every strange behaviour, Every quirk and little crime, Yet we're somehow still discovering Something new from time to time. **[Bridge – music drops back]** Maybe peace ain't perfect silence. Maybe home ain't walls and doors. Maybe sometimes home is knowing Someone's waiting on the other shore. Maybe comfort isn't answers, Maybe nothing needs repaired. Sometimes all a soul is asking Is to know somebody's there. **[Final Chorus – fuller instrumentation]** Then your voice comes through the wire, And the whole damn world feels small, All the chaos fades behind us, And it doesn't matter at all. We've been laughing, we've been crying, We've survived each strange desire, And after everything we've travelled through... Your voice still lights the fire. So here's to years of madness, To the jokes that never die, To disastrous secret missions And those cars we shouldn't drive. Here's to every little mischief, Every scar and every mile... If this sad old world's a rollercoaster, I'm glad you're on the ride. **[Outro – deep voice, almost spoken]** And if tomorrow brings another storm, I reckon we'll get through. Because sometimes all I need to hear... ...is you.
