[Radio static] [Voice through old transmitter] ...testing... ...one... two... ...if anybody's listening... [Tuning sweep] [Low Voice] I keep finding your frequency Somewhere under all this noise Half a word through broken static Half a memory in your voice [Urgent Voice] You can call it interference You can call it dead air But every time I turn the dial Something tells me you're still there [Scratch] [Low Voice] Signal fades Signal bends [Urgent Voice] Loses shape Comes back again [Both] Somewhere between Gone and clear There's a station I still hear [Chorus] Station identification Come in if you can Through the static Through the silence Through whatever this has been Station identification I don't need a perfect line Just enough to know You're somewhere On the other side [Radio click] [Voice sample] ...signal weak... ...repeat... [Low Voice] I used to think that silence Meant the story had gone cold Now I know some things keep talking Long after they stop being told [Urgent Voice] Distance has a language Absence has a tone Every unanswered question Still keeps ringing through the phone [Low Voice] But a signal ain't an answer [Urgent Voice] And a pattern ain't a choice [Both] At some point All this frequency Needs a human voice [Chorus] Station identification Come in if you can Through the static Through the silence Through whatever this has been Station identification I don't need a perfect line Just enough to know You're somewhere On the other side [Duduk signal] [Turntable scratch] [Bridge] [Urgent Voice] Maybe I've been tuning To a station long gone dark [Low Voice] Maybe you've been hearing Only echoes of a spark [Urgent Voice] Maybe every little signal Was just weather in the sky [Low Voice] Maybe [Pause] But if you're there Then say it Don't let static Be reply [Radio tower hum rises] [Both] No more guessing No more clues No more translating what we lose No more silence Playing host To every word We needed most If the line is dead Let it die If it's alive Then don't let it hide [Full band] [Final Chorus] Station identification Come in if you can Through the static Through the silence Through whatever this has been Station identification Give me something true this time Not a ghost Not a pattern Not a frequency in my mind Station identification If you're there Then let it show You don't have to promise anything Just let me know [Radio static returns] [Low Voice, close mic] You still there? [Long pause] [Female voice, distant through radio] ...yeah... [Static burst] [Low Voice] Copy that. [Click] [Dead air] [End]
