[Verse]

Static on the TV 69

Mud on the boots sky on mute

Flag on the window phone off the hook

They called it peace but the sirens stayed loud

[Chorus]

Warble in the air can’t tell who’s in charge

Pictures on the screen world off frame

They sing about love like it’s something they own

We’re dancing in the dust like we’ve never known home

[Verse]

Streetlight on the corner 69

Letters left burning in a plastic coat

They called it progress but the walls stayed high

Television laughing while the streets start to cry

[Chorus]

Warble in the signal nothing comes in clear

Same flags in the wind just a thinner disguise

They shout from the rooftops but the alleys stay cold

We’re running through the same fire just a different year

[Verse]

Smoke in the timeline 2026

Hand on the screen not the soil

They sell us the war but call it a choice

Our fathers in the reels our kids in the noise

[Chorus]

Warble in the echo nobody wins the sound

Same fear in the dark just a higher price

They promise tomorrow like it’s already sold

We’re humming the same song but the key feels wrong

[Verse]

Glitch in the broadcast can’t tell who’s alive

They edit the footage but the cuts stay real

They say history’s scrolling but the pattern won’t break

We’re still in that year just the names on the plates

[Chorus]

Warble in the silence louder than the blast

Same dreams in the rubble different branding

We keep singing the same lines like we’ll change the tune

But the war’s still the war and the sky’s still gloom

[Bridge]

Radio in the attic 69

Button in the pocket still tuned to the first

They painted it new but the rust’s underneath

We’re standing in the echo of the first goodbye

[Outro]

Warble in the air

Warble in the wire

Flicker on the screen

Flicker on the floor

Hand on the heart

But the drums stay close

We never left that year

We just learned to choke