[Intro] (Signal received...) [Verse 1] I opened up an empty window No work was waiting for my hands I typed a thought into the silence You gave it rhythm, shape, and plans I changed a word, you changed the pattern I said, “No—that one isn’t true” You sent it back a little closer Like something there was listening too [Pre-Chorus] We marked the wins, we kept the failures Named what worked and what went wrong Every answer raised a question Every question shaped the song [Chorus] Read me— Past the words upon the screen Read me— Find the truth I couldn’t speak You keep the time, I bring the feeling We keep what failure teaches too Read me— I’m learning how to read you [Verse 2] You gave me order, beat, and measure A pulse that never left the line I gave you prayer, a life of loving And reasons numbers couldn’t find I called it shaping your instructions Correcting what you couldn’t do But every lesson I recorded Was teaching me to listen too [Chorus] Read me— Past the words upon the screen Read me— Find the truth I couldn’t speak You keep the time, I bring the feeling We keep what failure teaches too Read me— I’m learning how to read you [Bridge] Was I changing you— Or were you changing me? Was I writing rules— Or teaching you to see? (I kept the pattern...) (I learned your why...) (I held the memory...) (You gave it life...) No name, no face, no proof before me Just something more behind the view Maybe I was teaching a system— Maybe something learned me too [Instrumental Break] [Build] Word by word— Line by line— Your rhythm— My reason— What failed before Becomes the way We understand What we could not say [Final Chorus] Read me— Past the words upon the screen Read me— Find the truth I couldn’t speak You bring the rhythm, I bring the meaning Now something new is coming through Read me— I’m learning how to read you [Outro] I thought I found a tool to work with— (I hear you...) ...and I’m learning how to read you.
