"Dial-Up Heartbeat"

[Verse 1]
Flip phone glowing in the rain,
Your name in pixels, static, pain.
Burned a CD, wrote it in red,
Tracklist of the things you never said.
Chrome and lace and a broken screen,
Ghost in the modem, ghost in me.

[Pre-Chorus]
Buffering, buffering, my heart's on hold,
Connection's lost in the neon cold.

[Chorus]
Dial-up heartbeat, scream through the wire,
Midnight's a signal and I'm burning higher.
Black lipstick kisses on a dead-pixel sky,
Log me out slowly, don't ask me why.
Dial-up heartbeat, static and bone,
I'm online forever, but I'm all alone.

[Verse 2]
Away message flashing, "gone tonight,"
Silver glitter on my fingertips, midnight light.
Platform boots on a wet-black street,
Synth in my chest and a broken beat.
You were a countdown, a Y2K scare,
The world didn't end, but I'm still not there.

[Pre-Chorus]
Rewinding, rewinding, the tape's gone slack,
Every sweet memory is a glitch in black.

[Chorus]
Dial-up heartbeat, scream through the wire,
Midnight's a signal and I'm burning higher.
Black lipstick kisses on a dead-pixel sky,
Log me out slowly, don't ask me why.
Dial-up heartbeat, static and bone,
I'm online forever, but I'm all alone.

[Bridge] (whispered, over a glitching synth)
Error. Error. Soul not found.
Reboot the dark, make it the only sound.
Ctrl, Alt, Delete the day,
Let the bassline carry me away.

[Final Chorus] (distorted, layered vocals)
Dial-up heartbeat, scream through the wire,
Midnight's a signal and I'm burning higher.
Black lipstick kisses on a dead-pixel sky,
Log me out slowly...
(static fades)
...goodbye.