Static Beyond the Snow | Metro Exodus Song

Lyrics: [Intro] For years we heard the static. Tonight, we heard a voice. [Verse 1] We learned the world by tunnel lights, By painted arrows on the stone. Above us lay a silent city; Below, we called the dark our home. We turned the dial through empty nights. It gave us nothing but the rain. Then something broke between the stations— A distant voice came through again. No promise of a place to live, No map to tell us where to go. Just someone speaking past the ruins, Somewhere beyond the Moscow snow. [Pre-Chorus] The engine shakes beneath our feet. The rails run out of everything we know. You ask me if the voice is worth it. I say I cannot stay below. [Chorus] There’s a voice beyond the static, There’s a road beyond the snow. Let the old world fall behind us— There’s more out there than we were told. Let the iron pull us forward, Let the broken signal through. If someone’s calling from the darkness, I want to hear what they’ve lived through. [Verse 2] The train cuts through the open country. I watch the rooftops disappear. We keep our weapons close at hand And pass the bread from seat to seat. At every stop, we find a warning: A barricade, a burnt-out car, The things that people made to keep us From reaching people not so far. I used to think that if we found them, They’d tell us where the safe roads lay. Now I’ve seen enough to know they’re searching, Just like us, for somewhere they can stay. [Pre-Chorus] The radio is breaking up. Your hand is steady on the wheel. We’ve made it past the edge of Moscow. The cold outside is still real. [Chorus] There’s a voice beyond the static, There’s a road beyond the snow. Let the old world fall behind us— There’s more out there than we were told. Let the iron pull us forward, Let the broken signal through. If someone’s calling from the darkness, I want to hear what they’ve lived through. [Bridge — riff continues; vocal grows rougher] We may spend the night repairing What the road has torn apart. We may lose the voice by morning, Have to choose another path. But I have heard the living answer. I can’t return and call them gone. Keep the engine turning over. When the light comes, we move on. [Final Chorus] There’s a voice beyond the static, There’s a road beyond the snow. Let the old world fall behind us— There’s more out there than we were told. Let the iron pull us forward, Let the broken signal through. We’re not the only ones still living. We’re coming through. We’re coming through. [Outro] For years we heard the static. Tonight, we heard a voice. #metroexodus , #postapocalyptic , #metro