Lyric

I didn’t type it out

But the screen still knew

My face went soft for half a second

In the black glass next to you

Typing dots in my throat

Left on delivered in my chest

I kept my mouth clean

But my eyes failed the test

You stood under store light

I checked my phone for no reason

Like that could hide the weather

Like that could change the season

[Pre-Chorus]

I said nothing

I looked away

But something moved

Before I stayed

[Chorus]

The Signal Leaves First

Before I find the words

Before I make it neat

Before I make it hurt

The Signal Leaves First

My silence hit the wire

I thought I kept it in

But the city caught the fire

I didn’t say your name

I didn’t cross that line

But something in my body

Had already gone online

[Interlude – no vocals]

[Verse 2]

Share location off

Still feeling exposed

You read me in the pause

Like a caption I never posted

Close Friends saw the skyline

Not the part where I broke

I made the night look expensive

And swallowed the real note

Green light on the corner

Red heart under my nail

Every small reflection

Started telling on me well

[Pre-Chorus 2]

I kept it calm

I kept it cute

But the room lit up

With the hidden truth

[Chorus]

The Signal Leaves First

Before I find the words

Before I make it neat

Before I make it hurt

The Signal Leaves First

My silence hit the wire

I thought I kept it in

But the city caught the fire

I didn’t say your name

I didn’t cross that line

But something in my body

Had already gone online

[Bridge]

Maybe want is not private

Maybe cool is just a filter

Maybe every unread feeling

Finds a way to enter

Maybe I was never hiding

Maybe I was only late

Maybe every little flicker

Was my heart giving me away

Your shadow in the window

My hand around my phone

I looked like I was leaving

But I had already shown

Don’t ask me what I meant

Don’t make me make it clean

The message left my body

Before it reached the screen

[Final Chorus]

The Signal Leaves First

Before I find the words

Before I make it neat

Before I make it hurt

The Signal Leaves First

My silence hit the wire

I thought I kept it in

But the city caught the fire

I didn’t say your name

I didn’t cross that line

But something in my body

Had already gone online

The Signal Leaves First

And maybe that is proof

That even when I say nothing

I am still reaching you