Shared Wavelength

There's a universe of static living in my head

A million lonely channels broadcasting from my bed
And I'm so tired of searching, I'm so tired of the noise
The ghosts of other people, the echo of their voice
But then you walk into the room and everything goes still
A quiet act of mercy, a quiet act of will

You don't say a word, you don't even have to try
You just look at me and I don't have to ask you why

We're on a shared wavelength, a signal clear and true
I can feel you thinking, and I know you feel me too
It's a peer-to-peer connection, the firewall is down
The safest little secret in this entire town
No need for explanation, no need to pretend
This is where I start, and this is where you begin

You see the war I'm fighting, the source of all my fear
You hear the silent screaming that nobody else can hear
You're not trying to fix me, you're not trying to save
You're just the calm companion in the tidal wave
And every broken piece that I have hidden deep inside
Has nowhere left to run and has nowhere left to hide

You don't say a word, you just reach out a hand
You're the only living person who could ever understand

We're on a shared wavelength, a signal clear and true
I can feel you thinking, and I know you feel me too
It's a peer-to-peer connection, the firewall is down
The safest little secret in this entire town
No need for explanation, no need to pretend
This is where I start, and this is where you begin

And in the quiet after, in the tangled sheets and dark
You decrypted all the code that was tearing me apart
You found the ghost inside me, the one I couldn't face
And you held it in the stillness of this beautiful, safe space

We're on a shared wavelength, a signal clear and true
I can feel you thinking, and I know you feel me too
It's a peer-to-peer connection, the firewall is down
The safest little secret in this entire town
No need for explanation, no need to pretend
This is where I start, and this is where you begin