Cold City
// TRANSMISSION LYRICS — TX_018
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Snow blows hard on the L tracks
Streetlights blur in frozen air
Traffic moves like muffled water
Everything sounds far from here
My implant ticks in quiet bursts
Like someone’s calling from somewhere
[Pre-Chorus]
Static pulse
In my head
Not a voice
Just a thread
I don’t know
If it’s you
[Chorus]
It’s so cold, so cold in this city
Cold city, Got my heart too numb to feel it
But I hear you, I hear you in the hissing
Cold city, still your signal keeps me living
[Verse 2]
Distant drones above the river
Paint the night with moving red
I keep my hood down to my collar
Count my steps, watch where I tread
Then the carrier wave rolls through
And the fear lets go a little
[Pre-Chorus]
Encrypted light
Through the snow
Little knock
Soft and low
Like you’re there
Checking in
[Chorus]
It’s so cold, so cold in this city
Cold city, got my breath like smoke and pity
But I hear you, I hear you in the hissing
Cold city, still your signal keeps me living
[Bridge]
If I’m only off the records
If I’m only out of frame
Let the winter carry something
More than silence, more than shame
Send it back through all the years
Till somebody knows my name
[Break]
Wind on steel
Train line hums
One long wave
Till you come
[Chorus]
It’s so cold, so cold in this city
Cold city, but your frequency is with me
And I need you, I need you in the distance
Cold city, maybe hope is just persistence
[Short Outro]
(whisper)
One more burst…
I’m still here.