I can’t reach you
deep UK house, 124 BPM, A♯ minor, low-register piano stabs, rubbery donk bassline, sidechained kick, clipped clap pattern, shuffle hi-hats, distorted diva vocals, light autotune, plate reverb, tape saturation, vocal hook repeats, peak-time bounce, bittersweet longing, early 2000s club mix
I can’t reach you
deep UK house, 124 BPM, A♯ minor, low-register piano stabs, rubbery donk bassline, sidechained kick, clipped clap pattern, shuffle hi-hats, distorted diva vocals, light autotune, plate reverb, tape saturation, vocal hook repeats, peak-time bounce, bittersweet longing, early 2000s club mix
Lyrics
Verse 1
Blue ticks on my screen
Hours since you read me
Talking to your icon
Like it’s gonna answer back
I rehearse every sentence
Delete them
Then I send less
Staring at the ceiling
Hearing echoes you don’t make
Chorus
I can’t reach you
Whatever line I’m calling dies halfway through
Your body’s here but your eyes look straight past the room
I stretch my hands
But air is all they move
I can’t reach you
I can’t reach you
Verse 2
We sit on the same couch
Scrolling through our silence
Laughing at a stranger
We don’t look at each other once
You say that you’re “just tired”
I say that “I’m fine”
Both of us are lying
Both of us are miles apart
Chorus
I can’t reach you
Whatever line I’m calling dies halfway through
Your body’s here but your eyes look straight past the room
I stretch my hands
But air is all they move
I can’t reach you
I can’t reach you
Bridge
Tell me
Did I lose you slowly?
Or was there one day you let go?
If there’s a door between our hearts now
Is there a key I don’t know?
Chorus
I can’t reach you
Whatever line I’m calling dies halfway through
Your body’s here but your eyes look straight past the room
I stretch my hands
But air is all they move
I can’t reach you
I can’t reach you (oh)
I can’t reach you