[Verse 1] Found your old voicemail at 2 a.m. Almost deleted it, played it again Your laugh cuts through the speaker wrong Half swallowed by a song I changed my number, changed my room Stopped taking streets that lead to you But every time the radio fades I swear I hear you say my name [Pre-Hook] Maybe I’m just tired Maybe memory plays tricks But every time the signal breaks You’re somewhere inside it [Hook] You’re the ghost in the static Coming through when the signal goes bad A voice I almost recognize From the life we almost had Ghost in the static Every frequency turns you on I keep reaching for the dial But you disappear before you’re gone I know you’re not there I know it’s just noise But somewhere underneath it I still hear your voice You’re the ghost In the static [Verse 2] Your favorite record skips on track three Right where you used to sing to me I should replace it, but I never do Guess broken things still sound like you There’s someone new sleeping in my bed He doesn’t know you live inside my head He kisses me and I kiss him back Then some old song pulls me off the track [Pre-Hook] Maybe moving on gets messy Maybe love leaves fingerprints Maybe some people disappear But never completely leave [Hook] You’re the ghost in the static Coming through when the signal goes bad A voice I almost recognize From the life we almost had Ghost in the static Every frequency turns you on I keep reaching for the dial But you disappear before you’re gone I know you’re not there I know it’s just noise But somewhere underneath it I still hear your voice You’re the ghost In the static [Bridge] Sometimes I wonder if you hear me too If some old speaker brings me back to you If my name still flickers through your head When somebody says the things I said Or maybe I’m the only one Still tuning into what we were Still searching empty frequencies For something that can’t answer And maybe that’s what hurts You’re not haunting me I’m haunting myself With everything we used to be [Breakdown] Turn it up Lose the sound White noise All around One last word Almost clear I swear— You were here [Final Hook] You were the ghost in the static Living somewhere between the lines Every broken little frequency Used to bring you back to life Ghost in the static But tonight I let the silence come I stopped searching through the noise For a boy who already moved on And for the first time The radio went quiet And I didn’t touch the dial You were the ghost In the static But maybe now You’re finally fading out [Outro] One last crackle One last song Then silence. And you’re gone.
