Small Town Satellites

Intro – 10 sec]

soft electric guitar + distant radio static

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You’re workin’ nights in a city I don’t know

I’m still stuck where the cornfields grow

Same old diner, same booth light

Different empty every Friday night

I text you “you good?” you say “I’m fine”

But I can read between every line

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Your voice gets lost in the signal fade

Like you’re farther than the miles between us made

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We’re small town satellites driftin’ out of range

Spinnin’ in circles but we never change

You see neon, I see dirt road lines

Same moon hangin’ on different skies

And I try to reach you through the static and time

But love don’t travel on a straight design

We’re small town satellites, barely holdin’ on

Two broken signals on a midnight song

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You send a picture of a city rain

I send a voice note hidin’ the pain

You say “I miss home” but don’t come back

I say “I’m good” but I don’t mean that

And every call ends a little too soon

Like we’re both afraid of the truth in the room

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We used to talk till the sun came up

Now it’s just “you there?” and “what’s up?”

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We’re small town satellites driftin’ out of range… (repeat)

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If you ever lose your way in that city glow

Follow the stars back home

I’ll be waitin’ where the gravel turns

Where everything we knew still burns

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We’re small town satellites, don’t fade away…

Holdin’ onto words we can’t always say…

If you’re out there somewhere, I hope you feel mine

Across every broken piece of sky and time

We’re small town satellites, still shinin’ on

Even when the signal’s gone

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radio static fades out into wind