[INTRO — RADIO STATIC / DEAD AIR] [very low carrier tone] [sporadic electrical ticks] ...kshhh... [long silence] [barely audible whisper] Is anyone there? [click] [VERSE 1 — fragmented, almost spoken] I heard you inside the static. Not a voice. Not quite. Something moving between the frequencies. I turned the dial. Nothing. I turned it back. You were closer. [brief carrier burst] [PRE-CHORUS — fragmented whispers] Don't speak. Don't move. Listen. [three metallic clicks] You are not alone. [CHORUS — sparse, hypnotic] CONTACT. [beat] I heard you. CONTACT. [beat] You heard me. CONTACT. [carrier distortion] No distance. No signal. No sky between us. [long silence] ...closer. [INSTRUMENTAL — MICRO-PERCUSSION] [brittle clicks] [short bursts of radio interference] [low unstable sub pulse] [ghost vocal fragments buried beneath hiss] ...here... ...hear... ...here... [VERSE 2 — whispered / fragmented] Your signal has no language. Still, I understand it. Three pulses. Then silence. Three pulses. Then my name. [static swell] I never gave it to you. [beat] Who are you? [long silence] [whisper, distant] Who are you? [PRE-CHORUS] Don't answer. Don't answer. Don't— [hard cut] [CHORUS] CONTACT. You heard me. CONTACT. I heard you. CONTACT. Something crossed the distance. Something crossed the— [signal interruption] [BREAKDOWN — almost entirely silent] [very faint breathing] Is that you? [carrier tone] Or is that me? [static] Or is there no difference anymore? [long silence] [FINAL CONTACT — distorted duet] I am here. [whispered response] We know. I am here. We know. Who are you? [very low distorted voice] You already know. [beat] CONTACT. [OUTRO] [radio hiss slowly narrows] [three distant pulses] ...one... ...two... ...three... [whisper buried beneath static] Don't turn it off. [click] [dead air]
