no saints in the static

written by nova reeves & evan young

woke up wearing yesterdays teeth sunlight like a cop at the door every prayer i ever tried to keep rolled under the bed with the rest of the war radios chewing on a dead mans song static like a tongue against my ear told myself i had been gone too long told the mirror i was still here

and the wire hums, and the wire hums and the neon calls me by my old name and the wire hums, and the wire hums and i answer before its even done

theres no saints in the static no hands in the noise just me and the feedback and the sound of my own voice theres no saints in the static no god in the grain just the ghost in the wire singing my name, singing my name

kicked the dog of my better self watched it limp back into the yard put my heart on the second shelf behind the whiskey and the postcards every towns a getaway car every lovers a loaded phone i have been holy in a parking lot i have been sacred and alone

and the wire hums, and the wire hums and the neon calls me by my old name and the wire hums, and the wire hums and i answer before its even done

theres no saints in the static no hands in the noise just me and the feedback and the sound of my own voice theres no saints in the static no god in the grain just the ghost in the wire singing my name, singing my name

if youre listening if youre listening i never meant the prayer i just meant the singing i just meant the singing i just meant the singing

theres no saints in the static no hands in the noise just me and the feedback and the sound of my own voice theres no saints in the static no god in the grain just the ghost in the wire singing my name, singing my name, singing my name