09 / Cosmic Ignition
The Signal Thins
I sent it out across the dark With everything I had inside A little pulse, a little spark A trembling line I tried to hide It left me warm It left me bright It crossed the cold It crossed the blue It carried more Than sound or light It carried all I knew of you And the signal thins The signal thins The farther it goes The less it gives The distance wins The distance wins It opens slowly And never quits No answer yet No answer yet Only the blue Only the drift No answer yet No answer yet Just the silence Where the echo should live The distance opened quietly Without a wound, without a sound The light between us lengthened And would not settle down Nothing broke the surface Nothing split the night Only the space kept growing Between the dark and bright Somewhere beyond the silver air Beyond the reach of any flame The message starts to disappear And loses pieces of its name A word becomes A thread of tone A voice becomes A line of dust A light becomes A colder glow A longing turns To almost trust And the signal thins The signal thins The farther it goes The less it gives The distance wins The distance wins It opens slowly And never quits There was a time it was burning There was a time it was near There was a time I could feel it Almost arrive in the clear There was a time it had color There was a time it had weight There was a time it was coming Before it came too late Now it is only a flicker Now it is only a line Now it is only a pattern Breaking apart in my mind Now it is only the static Now it is only the blue Now it is only the silence Trying to sound like you And the signal thins The signal thins The farther it goes The less it gives The distance wins The distance wins It opens slowly And never quits The farther we become The farther we become The softer goes the signal From the place we started from The farther we become The farther we become I can almost see you shining But I cannot feel the sun Blue light fading Long night listening One line breaking Still transmitting Blue light fading Long night listening One line breaking Still transmitting Nothing returns Nothing returns Nothing returns With your shape in it Nothing returns Nothing returns Nothing returns But the distance Still I wait Still I listen Still I wait Still I listen The signal thins The signal thins The distance wins The distance wins Faster than love Can learn to stay Faster than love Can learn to stayBack to Now We Ignite