[Verse 1]
Cardboard map on my bedroom wall
Pushpins stuck in places I can’t spell
Call sign scribbled on a coffee cup
Chasing voices through the static swell
Clock says 3 but the sky says 2
Little red light on
And my desk lamp hums
An antenna tracing lines in the gloom
Tiny storm of wire where the signal runs
[Chorus]
I send a call from my small
Small room
And it bounces off the night
Off the sky
Back to you
From this thrift-store mic and a tangled line
I’m touching every time zone
One reply at a time
Amateur heart on a world-wide wire
I turn this quiet into quiet on fire
[Verse 2]
Tokyo whispers through the noise
Midnight drifting on a borrowed band
Someone calling from the dark
Saying “Coppy?” like an outstretched hand
Static rolling through the wire
Every voice a distant spark
I write the moment in my log
Little lanterns in the dark
[Chorus]
I send a call from my small
Small room
And it bounces off the night
Off the sky
Back to you
From this thrift-store mic and a tangled line
I’m touching every time zone
One reply at a time
Amateur heart on a world-wide wire
I turn this quiet into quiet on fire
[Bridge]
Maybe you’re awake on the other side
Kitchen light on
Coffee cold
You say my name with a slight delay
And for one clear second
The crackle lets go
[Chorus]
I send a call from my small
Small room
And it bounces off the night
Off the sky
Back to you
From this thrift-store mic and a tangled line
I’m touching every time zone
One reply at a time
Amateur heart on a world-wide wire
I turn this quiet into quiet on fire