Whole Room Static

Whole room static
Eleven-thirty, rain on the glass
You walk in, every speaker cracks
Come closer — but don't rush that

Velvet booth underneath the red EXIT sign
Lime sweating on the rim of my glass
Your cologne arrives before your name does
I move my bag from the empty chair
Silver bracelet catching every blue flash
DJ loops that little whistle twice
I don't wave; I tap the seat beside me
You smile like you understood it right
One step near and the floorboards tremble
Not yet — let the quiet charge

Slow down, let the silence spark
Ask me once, don't read the dark
When I nod, come one step near
Watch the blue lights disappear

One touch and the whole room goes static
Blue light breaking on my silver bracelet
Hold my gaze when the bass comes back
Whole room, whole room static

Sta-sta-static, one step in
Sta-sta-static, don't rush it
When the log drum lands, freeze like that
Whole room, whole room static

Thunder rolls and the club goes black
Green emergency strips wake on the floor
Everybody screams, then somebody laughs
You stop where you are — you don't reach
You ask, You good? above the shaker
Leave your open hand between us
I put mine there because I choose to
Then the power kicks and the room turns blue
House lights blink across your face
You look at me exactly the same

Slow down, let the silence spark
You asked me once; I answered clear
When I pull you one step near
Watch the whole room disappear

One touch and the whole room goes static
Blue light breaking on my silver bracelet
Hold my gaze when the bass comes back
Whole room, whole room static

Flash that wrist
One
Step one in
Two
Turn half slow
Three
Freeze on blue
Four
Log drum low
Five
Roll one wave
Six
Lights come back
Seven
Hold that gaze
Eight

Sparks are easy underneath the strobe
Anybody glows when the room is dark
But when the house lights found our faces
You didn't change the way you looked
No blackout hiding either one
No club disguise, no borrowed heat
The current wasn't in the wires
It was you still standing there with me

One touch and the whole room goes static
House lights dancing off my silver bracelet
Bass cuts out, but I don't step back
Whole room, whole room static
Not the blackout, not the magic
You stayed when the room turned ordinary
Hold my gaze when the last beat cracks
Whole room, whole room static

Rain has stopped outside the glass
Lime gone warm beside my bag
House lights on, your hand in mine
Whole room static