[Intro - electric guitar with fuzz, jittery rhythm, mid-tempo, restless from the first note]
[Verse 1 - full band from the start, bouncy but uneasy] Can’t sit still, can’t shut it off The channel won’t change, the signal’s lost A hundred voices talking over me And none of them are saying anything
I change the room, I change the view I scroll until my eyes go blue But the noise just follows where I go Like a frequency I can’t outrun or slow
[Pre-Chorus - guitar cuts to single stabs, punchy] It’s not sadness, it’s not fear It’s just everything happening everywhere It’s the in-between that never stops The almost-quiet that never quite drops
[Chorus - mid-tempo indie rock, driving, urgent] Static, static, just static in my head Not loud enough to scream, not quiet enough for bed Static, static, the signal never clears Just white noise wearing out my ears I’d tune it out if I knew the dial I’d turn it off but it’s been on a while Static Just static All the time
[Verse 2 - same energy, more specific] Three AM the ceiling knows my name I’ve memorized the shadows in the frame I made a list of everything I owe Then made a list of things I’ll never know
I tried the breathing, tried the tea Tried counting backwards slowly But the static doesn’t care what I try It just hums along its lullaby
[Pre-Chorus 2] It’s not broken, I’m not lost It’s just the running tab of every thought Every undone thing, every unsaid word Playing on a loop nobody else has heard
[Chorus 2] Static, static, just static in my head Not loud enough to scream, not quiet enough for bed Static, static, the signal never clears Just white noise wearing out my ears I’d tune it out if I knew the dial I’d turn it off but it’s been on a while Static Just static All the time
[Bridge - drops to bass and drums only, hypnotic, like the static itself] Maybe this is just how I’m wired Maybe this is just the price of being this alive Maybe everyone has static Maybe I’m just louder on the inside Maybe static isn’t wrong Maybe it’s just… …mine
[Final Chorus - full band, but lighter than before, almost groovy - the acceptance starting] Static, static, yeah it’s static in my head Not loud enough to break me, not quiet like I said Static, static, maybe that’s just me A little bit of noise, a little bit of free I’d still love a dial, I’d still love the switch But maybe I’m just a frequency that’s rich Static Just static And I’m fine
[Outro - fuzz guitar hums, fades slowly like a radio losing signal] …kshhhhh… …static…
…kshhhhh…