#intro

A thin, hollow ping — a slow, bouncing echo across empty miles

#verse

Message sent, message kept

Counting frames of silence

#chorus

Now —

Now?

(now... now...)

#verse

Hold the packet in the dark

We hear our own ghosts back

#bridge

"Transmission delayed. Estimated latency: five minutes."

#chorus

Now —

Now?

#outro

A single ping becomes a constellation of replies, folding into long tape delay tails