Music

Tapping Out the Signal Year: 1999

Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI)

well moonlight is a friend of mine
i held her in these hands
these hands you see now
there before your eyes

and sure they'll tell you a story
but the words are incidental
it's more about the way
the camera never lies

tappin' out the signal
only what you want
to hear this time i'm sorry
we're trying to be sorrowful

i have opened all the secrets
only what you want
tappin' out the signal

my brother was a sailor
aboard a mighty ship
threw the shortwave
all across the seven seas

and he listened through the static
through the noise, and all that was traumatic
held a locket full
of moonlight from her heart

every man is a robber
every man a thief
we speak about the ways of love
do it through clenched teeth

we're quick to drink the poison
quick to have a taste
staking claim over everything
that was never ours in the first place