Eau Claire Static

[Verse 1]
Hey, it's me... found that cassette we made on Barstow Street.
The tape's all warped, hiss from the heat of my dad's garage in late July.
You're trying to sing, I'm trying to fix the gain,
And I swear I can smell the chili oil on my coat through the signal's rain.

[Chorus]
We didn't seize, we just lost torque,
A different key for a different door.
The signal dropped out, mile by lonely mile,
Just the Eau Claire static for a while.

[Verse 2]
Remember you said, "You talk two different ways"?
One for my mom's kitchen, one for the cul-de-sacs, those numbered days.
It wasn't a lie, just… resonant frequency.
You called it a bug, I felt the system straining under me.

[Chorus]
We didn't seize, we just lost torque,
A different key for a different door.
The signal dropped out, mile by lonely mile,
Just the Eau Claire static for a while.

[Bridge]
My step-dad told me some machines just wear.
There's no one to blame for the fractures in the empty air.
This isn't a failure, just a feedback loop finally gone dead.

[Chorus]
We didn't seize, we just lost torque,
(Countermelody: *Just lost the signal*)
A different key for a different door.
(Countermelody: *Can't hear you anymore*)
The signal dropped out, mile by lonely mile,
(Countermelody: *Nothing but noise now*)
Just the Eau Claire static for a while.

[Outro]
...Anyway. Hit me back. If you get this.
*(Sound of a voicemail ending, cut by a sample of a frozen lake cracking)*