Every Signal Fades by Hollow Atlas
[Verse 1]
You were already up when I came down
The coffee on, the good cups out, no sound
I knew by the good cups — you knew too
We'd both been rehearsing what we'd have to do
You said I think we need to talk today
I said I know — and that was all the preamble
We sat across the table like a negotiation
Two people who loved each other past the gamble
[Pre-Chorus]
You said you'd been gone for longer than I knew
I said I know, I saw it, I held on
You said you tried to find your way back to me
I said I know
I said I know
I said I know
[Chorus]
Every signal fades
Every map goes dark eventually
Every signal fades
Even the ones we swore would always be
We built our cities, drew our latitude and light
We held the frequency through every hollow night
But every signal fades
And ours faded quietly
Every signal fades
[Verse 2]
You said you were sorry and I believed you
I said I was sorry and I meant it too
Because grief this clean can only come from loving
And we loved each other — that part was true
You cried first, then I did, then together
The kitchen full of everything we'd been
Two cartographers without a map between them
Standing in the country they had shared
[Pre-Chorus]
You said you didn't know how it had happened
I said I think it happens like the tide
You said you didn't want to be a ghost here
I said I know
I said I know
I said I know
[Chorus]
Every signal fades
Every map goes dark eventually
Every signal fades
Even the ones we swore would always be
We built our cities, drew our latitude and light
We held the frequency through every hollow night
But every signal fades
And ours faded quietly
Every signal fades
[Bridge]
We were good at this
We were good at us
We were cartographers
We were signal fires
We were cities made of trust
We were latitude
We were November light
We were something held
On an ordinary night
We were wide rooms
We were frequencies
We were everything
We were
[Final Chorus]
Every signal fades
Every map goes dark eventually
Every signal fades
Even the ones we swore would always be
We built our cities, drew our latitude and light
We held the frequency through every hollow night
But every signal fades
And ours faded quietly
Every signal fades
[Outro]
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