The connection keeps failing.
Neither person hangs up.
Static Between Us follows a conversation that can no longer arrive intact. Words disappear, voices distort and each missing piece gets replaced by what the other person thinks they heard. The connection has become almost useless, but letting it finally go quiet would mean accepting that there may be nothing left on the other end.
Say it again
Your cut’s out
Long distance, I missed the word
Thought I caught it, must’ve blurred
You were there a second ago
Now it’s just a broken tone
I stay still like that will help
Like you’ll come back to it
Every time I get it close
It slips before it holds
Static in the air, I hear you roar
Static in the air, then you’re gone
I can’t switch it off, can’t step away
It pulls me back to it
Static in the air
Cutting in (oh, oh, say it again)
Streetlight buzz leaks through the line
Mixes up your voice and mine
I repeat what I think you said
Doesn’t land the same in my head
If I stop it all dries out
So I keep it running
I know this isn’t real anymore
Still I lean in more
Static in the air, I hear you roar
Static in the air, stretched too long
I can’t switch it off, can’t step away
It pulls me back to it
Static in the air
Breaking up, say it again
If I let the silence in
Would it end or just get worse?
Would you finally disappear?
Or just settle in deeper?
Static in the air, still hear you sigh
Static in the air, then it dies
I can’t switch it off, won’t let it fade
It’s all I got of you
Static in the air
Static in the air
Say it again