Static on the Phone
Girard
Static on the Phone
[Verse 1]
The line went dead, then hissed and cracked
A voice I didn’t call came back
Static whispers in the empty room
Fingers freeze in the pale lamp’s gloom
I hear a name I shouldn’t know
It calls me soft, it calls me slow
The hum grows loud, it crawls inside
A signal strong I cannot hide
[Chorus]
Static on the phone, it knows my name
Calling me home through digital flames
I try to hang up, I try to leave
But something wants me, it won’t let me breathe
[Verse 2]
Numbers flash that make no sense
A lullaby twisted, too intense
Pictures appear on the cracked screen
Faces I’ve never seen
I speak aloud, no sound returns
The line crackles, the static burns
It’s in my room, it’s in my head
It listens close while I lie in bed
[Chorus]
Static on the phone, it knows my name
Calling me home through digital flames
I try to hang up, I try to leave
But something wants me, it won’t let me breathe
[Bridge] (whispered, glitchy)
Don’t answer, don’t speak
It’s in the wires, it’s in the weak
Every tone, every ring
Carries a curse, a poisonous sting
[Verse 3]
I unplug the cord, the screen goes black
But I hear it crawl along the track
A voice from nowhere, cold and thin
Says, “I’m still here, let me in”
I try to run, but the sound persists
It’s in the walls, in the mist
Every heartbeat, every sigh
A phantom echo of its cry
[Chorus / Outro]
Static on the phone, it knows my name
Calling me home through digital flames
I try to hang up, I try to leave
But it’s in the signal, and it won’t let me breathe