[Verse 1]
Red string on my wrist
Mom tied it at the door
Said
"When the wind turns cold
You’ll remember what it's for"
Neon rice shop sign
Flickers on your face
We laugh in two languages
Same heartbeat
Same place
[Pre-Chorus]
You say my name
With an accent I love
Two worlds in one breath
Spinning above
[Chorus]
We’re paper lantern satellites
Hanging over borrowed nights
Drifting high then out of sight
But I still see you
I still see you
Across the borders
Across the time
Every rhythm pulls you to my side
If we’re just echoes in the sky
I still hear you
I still hear you
[Verse 2]
You dance in crooked socks
On cracked apartment tile
Steam from the kettle
Paints halos for a while
You trace my family name
Slow on fogged-up glass
Say
"Teach me every stroke
So this moment can last"
[Pre-Chorus]
You count to ten
In my mother tongue
Your soft
Careful sounds
Feel like a song
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] If distance is a mountain
We’ll climb it every night
If goodbyes are just a language
We’ll rewrite every line
[falsetto harmony] So if the city drowns us out
And the stars forget to shine
Call me how you called me then
I’ll answer every time
[Chorus]