[Intro]
Static in my mind, frequencies decay
Found that old radio where shadows lay
Soviet ghosts still speaking through the rust
Like daddy's demons that he couldn't trust
[Verse 1]
Basement memories hit different now
Dust-covered treasures show me how
Time eats metal just like it ate at you
Track marks and tremors, that's nothing new
Watching you fade like corroded steel
Sometimes I wonder if you're even real
Frequencies dying in this concrete maze
Lost in the static of these darker days
[Chorus]
Rust never sleeps, it just creeps and it crawls
Through the cracks in my heart, down these basement walls
Still hear your voice through the white noise and pain
Like that broken radio calling my name, yeah
Calling my name
[Verse 2]
Every scratch tells a story untold
Of a father's love turning bitter cold
But underneath all this oxidized pain
There's still some music that could play again
Found your old needles in that metal box
Next to the radio with broken clocks
Both of you broken, both left behind
But signals still cutting through space and time
[Bridge]
Sometimes I clean off the rust and pray
That both of you might work again someday
Static whispers secrets in the dark
Like your voice when you're chasing that spark
[Chorus]
Rust never sleeps, it just creeps and it crawls
Through the cracks in my heart, down these basement walls
Still hear your voice through the white noise and pain
Like that broken radio calling my name, yeah
Calling my name
[Outro]
Maybe there's hope in decay
Like how rust makes colors play
In this basement where we both got lost
Everything breaks, that's just the cost
But even broken things still sing
Through static waves and everything
I'll keep you both, despite the rust
'Cause that's what memories do to us