6:04 (A Signal)

[Intro] Pavement grey and streetlights fading Same old route I always take Earbuds in, the synth is playing Tuesday morning, half awake [Verse I] Fog still clinging to the river Neon signs on empty glass My breath a cloud in pale October Nothing different — nothing vast Then the world drops half a second Like a tape deck losing time You were running, hair behind you And you crossed my line of sight [Pre-Chorus] Everything compresses to a frame The bass drops out, the treble sings your name A frequency I've never tuned to — now I can't escape [Chorus] It's 6:04 and the grid lights up A million volts inside a coffee cup You're a signal I never searched for Breaking through the static of my blood Half a heartbeat, wide-eyed wonder The whole sky tears itself asunder In the space between one stride and the next I find everything I've never known — yet [Verse II] Your shoes are white against the asphalt Your earbuds catch the copper light One glance — a whole life rearranges Like code rewritten overnight The city holds its breath around us A traffic light that won't go green You pass me in a blaze of motion The most awake I've ever been [Pre-Chorus] I count the seconds that your shadow crossed my own Less than three — but long enough to come undone The synth arpeggio climbing — it always knew this song [Chorus] It's 6:04 and the grid lights up A million volts inside a coffee cup You're a signal I never searched for Breaking through the static of my blood Half a heartbeat, wide-eyed wonder The whole sky tears itself asunder In the space between one stride and the next I find everything I've never known — yet [Bridge] I don't know your name I don't know your street I only know the way the universe skipped a beat No algorithms led me here No data, no design Just fog and October pavement and you — crossing my line [Final Chorus] It's 6:04 and the grid lights up A million volts inside a coffee cup You're a signal I never searched for Breaking through the static of my blood Half a heartbeat, wide-eyed wonder The whole sky tears itself asunder In the space between one stride and the next — I find you [Outro] Pavement grey and streetlights fading Same old route I always take Earbuds in, the synth still playing But I am not the same