Satellite Dish at Dusk

[Verse 1] The rooftops turn to copper when the buses leave the hill. A weathered dish is holding one pale coin of sky. The coax cable trembles where it crosses by the chimney. Somewhere every signal learns to travel out of sight. [Pre-Chorus] No message on the screen, just evening settling clean. And all the little windows lose their gold. [Chorus] Satellite Dish at Dusk, tilted to the quiet above us. Catch the last blue light, hold it for the night. Satellite Dish at Dusk, every distant word becomes dust. Still you face the stars from this ordinary yard. Keep turning, keep turning, though the city has gone dark. Satellite Dish at Dusk. [Verse 2] The takeaway sign flickers, then decides to stay asleep. Rain collects in bottle caps along the fire escape. An aeroplane draws nothing but a line without a promise. The dish keeps its angle like a question left in place. [Pre-Chorus] No answer in the air, no proof that someone cares. But something in the silence feels awake. [Chorus] Satellite Dish at Dusk, tilted to the quiet above us. Catch the last blue light, hold it for the night. Satellite Dish at Dusk, every distant word becomes dust. Still you face the stars from this ordinary yard. Keep turning, keep turning, though the city has gone dark. Satellite Dish at Dusk. [Bridge] If the satellites are listening, let them hear the kettles sing, the soft electric heartbeat of the flats. Let them carry up the ordinary: keys and pipes and January, the names we never learned to send away. Maybe every home is just a small receiver in the dusk, waiting for a frequency to stay. [Final Chorus] Satellite Dish at Dusk, tilted to the quiet above us. Catch the last blue light, hold it for the night. Satellite Dish at Dusk, you don't need a voice to remind us: even when nothing arrives, we keep a place for the sky. Keep turning, keep turning, with the chimney shadows long. Satellite Dish at Dusk, hold the evening on. [Outro] One pale signal, one red roof, one round shadow gathering blue. Satellite Dish at Dusk.