(Verse 1)
The coffee’s cold and the clock is lying
It’s been 3:00 P.M. since I started trying
To catch a breeze or a sudden spark
But I’m just a shadow dancing in the dark
I checked the weather and I checked my phone
Building a kingdom on a rental throne.
(Pre-Chorus)
And the hum of the fridge is a symphony
Of all the things I’m supposed to be
I’m wired up but I’m going nowhere
Just spinning circles in the midday air.
(Chorus)
Oh, it’s just static on the line
Waiting for a reason or a holy sign
I’m a technicolour heart in a black-and-white town
Building it up just to break it all down
Yeah, we’re golden, we’re wasted, we’re doing just fine
Listening to the static on the line.
(Verse 2)
I saw your ghost in a grocery aisle
A flickering neon, a digital smile
We talked in circles about the "good old days"
Before the world caught a permanent haze
You said you’re moving to the coast in June
But you’ve been singing that same old tune.
(Bridge)
(Half-time tempo, heavy bass)
Turn it up, turn it up 'til the speakers bleed
Give me the lightning is all I need
I don’t want a signal that’s clear and sweet
I want the noise, I want the heat!
(Guitar Solo / Instrumental Break)
(Chorus)
Oh, it’s just static on the line
Waiting for a reason or a holy sign
I’m a technicolour heart in a black-and-white town
Building it up just to break it all down
Yeah, we’re golden, we’re wasted, we’re doing just fine
Listening to the static on the line.
(Outro)
Just static...
Can you hear it?
(Static... static...)
Yeah, it’s a beautiful sound.