[Verse 1] Hello quiet, old companion You were there before the screen Before the towers learned to listen Before the silence learned to scream I’ve been walking through the static Neon halos overhead People talking without speaking Living louder than they said [Verse 2] I’ve seen prophets in the pixel Preaching hope in sponsored light Selling truth in thirty seconds Measured out in wrong and right Every whisper leaves a footprint Every heartbeat leaves a trace But no one stands inside the echo No one holds a steady place [Chorus] And the signal dies But the noise remains All these open mouths With unspoken names We were born to choose But we trade for applause And the quiet keeps waiting For someone with cause [Verse 3] I saw a million folded faces Lit in artificial blue Hands raised to the algorithm Like it knew what to do Words fall flat against the pavement Truth dissolves in trending waves No one hears the warning hum Of the systems that we gave [Bridge (low, intimate)] Silence isn’t empty It’s a mirror It’s a weight You can feel it When you’re honest You can hear it When you wait [Final Chorus (build)] When the signal dies And the lights go thin When the crowd grows loud But the soul grows dim Will you stand inside it Without disguise Or disappear With the signal When it dies Outro [Long instrumental vamp] When the signal dies… When the signal dies…