Signal in the Static (a between frequencies song)

[Intro]
[Soft finger-picked acoustic guitar, open space, no vocals]
[Verse 1]
Larkspur doesn't talk about the heat
Or the debt that collects down in the street
Everyone knows what you don't look at twice
The price of the silence is always too high
My uncle Daniel, he taught me to listen
Said the world had a rhythm that others were missin’
He looked for the music beneath the dead air
He said energy lingers, it’s just never where
You think it should be
[Chorus]
[Upright bass enters, slow swelling strings]
But now he's a pulse, just amber and glass
A ghost in the current that never would pass
Three colored promises hung on a wire
Are you justice, Daniel, or just a bright fire?
You’re talking to me now out on the roadside
A signal in the static with nowhere to hide
And I can’t tell the difference, I don’t know the stations
Between love and the echo of lost expectations
[Verse 2]
I found you wrapped up in the back of the garage
A burn on the housing, a silent mirage
You had no power cable, you had no dead switch
Just breathing out light in a slow steady glitch
My mother thinks I’m still trying to mourn
She doesn’t know hate is what keeps you reborn
She says let him go, son, let him find his own rest
But how can I let go when you just passed the test?
You figured it out
[Chorus]
[Slightly stronger vocal, still restrained]
But now he's a pulse, just amber and glass
A ghost in the current that never would pass
Three colored promises hung on a wire
Are you justice, Daniel, or just a bright fire?
You’re talking to me now out on the roadside
A signal in the static with nowhere to hide
And I can’t tell the difference, I don’t know the stations
Between love and the echo of lost expectations
[Bridge]
[Minimal instrumentation — acoustic guitar and solo cello]
He said red means stop, Noah, green means go
He didn’t mention the color that kills you slow
The amber that lingers, the hunger that feeds
The vengeance that blossoms from electric seeds
I helped you rebuild, I helped hang you high
I traded your peace so I wouldn’t cry
And I hear the sirens cutting the air
And I know I put something wicked up there
[Outro]
[Return to quiet finger-picked acoustic guitar]
Don’t leave me alone in the dark, you said low
Don’t leave me alone
I pulled out the fuse and I watched the light die
Did I save you or send you into the sky?
Just silence now, Daniel, just cicadas
I’ll keep the radio on
I’ll keep checking the stations
[End — unresolved]

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[Intro] [Soft finger-picked acoustic guitar, open space, no vocals] [Verse 1] Larkspur doesn't talk about the heat Or the debt that collects down in the street Everyone knows what you don't look at twice The price of the silence is always too high My uncle Daniel, he taught me to listen Said the world had a rhythm that others were missin’ He looked for the music beneath the dead air He said energy lingers, it’s just never where You think it should be [Chorus] [Upright bass enters, slow swelling strings] But now he's a pulse, just amber and glass A ghost in the current that never would pass Three colored promises hung on a wire Are you justice, Daniel, or just a bright fire? You’re talking to me now out on the roadside A signal in the static with nowhere to hide And I can’t tell the difference, I don’t know the stations Between love and the echo of lost expectations [Verse 2] I found you wrapped up in the back of the garage A burn on the housing, a silent mirage You had no power cable, you had no dead switch Just breathing out light in a slow steady glitch My mother thinks I’m still trying to mourn She doesn’t know hate is what keeps you reborn She says let him go, son, let him find his own rest But how can I let go when you just passed the test? You figured it out [Chorus] [Slightly stronger vocal, still restrained] But now he's a pulse, just amber and glass A ghost in the current that never would pass Three colored promises hung on a wire Are you justice, Daniel, or just a bright fire? You’re talking to me now out on the roadside A signal in the static with nowhere to hide And I can’t tell the difference, I don’t know the stations Between love and the echo of lost expectations [Bridge] [Minimal instrumentation — acoustic guitar and solo cello] He said red means stop, Noah, green means go He didn’t mention the color that kills you slow The amber that lingers, the hunger that feeds The vengeance that blossoms from electric seeds I helped you rebuild, I helped hang you high I traded your peace so I wouldn’t cry And I hear the sirens cutting the air And I know I put something wicked up there [Outro] [Return to quiet finger-picked acoustic guitar] Don’t leave me alone in the dark, you said low Don’t leave me alone I pulled out the fuse and I watched the light die Did I save you or send you into the sky? Just silence now, Daniel, just cicadas I’ll keep the radio on I’ll keep checking the stations [End — unresolved]

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