[Verse 1]

A quiet word drifting through an empty room

Like a photograph fading too early at noon

You told me the story, I swore it was true

But it changed in the echo coming back to you

[Pre-Chorus]

Now the edges are fraying, the colors bleed out

Every line that we trusted is drowning in doubt

[Chorus]

It’s a slow vibration running through the wire

Little bit of smoke where there used to be fire

Spinning that record till the grooves wear thin

Where does the honest end and the bullshit begin?

Oh, it’s a beautiful twisting of the truth we knew

Now it’s just distortion washing over you

Yeah, distortion tearing us in two

[Verse 2]

By the third retelling it’s a whole new scene

Little more vicious, if you know what I mean

Now the villains grow taller, the heroes fade fast

Till nobody remembers what really happened last

[Pre-Chorus]

We paint over memories in prettier shades

Then watch all the goddamn reality fade

[Chorus]

It’s a slow vibration running through the wire

Little bit of smoke where there used to be fire

Spinning that record till the grooves wear thin

Where does the honest end and the bullshit begin?

Oh, it’s a beautiful twisting of the truth we knew

Now it’s just distortion washing over you

Yeah, distortion tearing us in two

[Bridge]

Static rolling heavy on a dead black sky

Headlights burning holes while the years fly by

Every word between us turned to debris

Falling like ashes where our trust used to be

We were just talking, trying not to disappear

Now I can’t separate the signal from the fear

And it hurts like hell knowing somewhere beneath

There’s a version of us that still remembers peace

[Breakdown]

Teeth grit, heart race, hands on the wheel

Trying not to say the things we both still feel

Red light, cold sweat, nowhere to run

We keep pulling the trigger after damage is done

[Chorus]

Yeah, it’s a slow vibration running through the wire

Little bit of smoke where there used to be fire

Spinning that record till the grooves wear thin

Where does the honest end and the bullshit begin?

Oh, it’s a beautiful twisting of the truth we knew

Now it’s just distortion washing over you

Yeah, distortion tearing us in two

[Outro]

Distortion (distortion)

Still ringing through the night

Distortion (distortion)

Till the truth fades out of sight