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The Listener

V5.5

[INTRO] [Radio static] [Car tires on wet pavement] [Distant synth drone] [Voice barely audible] "...good evening, night drivers..." [VERSE 1] I was heading nowhere special Just another mile to go Streetlights fading in the rearview Dark Gulf waters down below Every station sounded empty Every song felt half complete Then a signal found the silence Somewhere underneath It wasn't loud It wasn't urgent It wasn't trying to be heard Just a voice beyond the static Speaking softer than the world [PRE-CHORUS] I don't know where this signal started I don't know who sent it through But every night I hear it calling Like it was always meant for you [CHORUS] And I keep listening Through the static Through the noise Through the night Like a lighthouse in the distance Like a star that's just out of sight I keep listening To a voice I've never known Somewhere beyond the horizon Somewhere beyond home [DROP] Keep listening Keep listening [VERSE 2] Now the miles feel different somehow Every road a question mark Every frequency a doorway Every shadow hides a spark People say they've never heard it Never seen the things I see But the signal keeps returning Like it's looking just for me [PRE-CHORUS] I don't know where this signal started I don't know who sent it through But every night I hear it calling Like it was always meant for you [CHORUS] And I keep listening Through the static Through the noise Through the night Like a lighthouse in the distance Like a star that's just out of sight I keep listening To a voice I've never known Somewhere beyond the horizon Somewhere beyond home [DROP] Keep listening Keep listening [RADIO STATIC] [BRIDGE] Maybe everybody hears it Just once And forgets Maybe everybody sees it And looks away Maybe every strange coincidence Every impossible thing Begins with a signal Someone chose not to follow [BUILD] But I heard it And now I can't unhear it I saw it And now I can't look away [FINAL CHORUS] So I keep listening Through the static Through the noise Through the night Following the distant signal Following the fading light I keep listening Though I still don't know its name Somewhere beyond the horizon It's calling me again I keep listening I keep listening I keep listening [OUTRO] [Radio static] [Soft synths] [A distant voice:] "...we're glad you found the signal..." Transmission continues...