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NYZA ORIGINALS

Passenger Seat

LO-FI 85 BPM 2:29 Official Lyric Video

He watches her on FaceTime from 2,000 miles away, video freezing mid-laugh, and realizes he's memorized the exact angle of her apartment's afternoon light. She's driving somewhere without him, humming to a song he can't hear, and he's just a voice through a screen—present everywhere except where it matters.

Lyrics

Verse 1 You're driving down a road I'll never see Hands at ten and two, singing without me I'm watching through the screen, pixelated blue You're living in the frame, I'm stuck in the glue Your coffee's getting cold on the dash My words arrive too late, digital ash Chorus I wanna be the passenger seat Where your keys fall and your secrets keep I wanna feel the weight of you turning left Instead of this phantom, this digital theft I wanna be the passenger seat Not this voice that you can't reach Verse 2 You laugh at something I don't understand I'm reading lips like a broken hand The buffer wheel spins, you're gone for five seconds Feels like forever in these neon evenings Your silhouette's sharp against the headlights But I'm just a ghost in your peripheral sight Chorus I wanna be the passenger seat Where your keys fall and your secrets keep I wanna feel the weight of you turning left Instead of this phantom, this digital theft I wanna be the passenger seat Not this voice that you can't reach Bridge Maybe in another life, I'm beside you Maybe in another timezone, I find you But here, I'm just the glow you glance at Then put down when the world calls back Outro You're driving, I'm watching You're living, I'm haunting Passenger seat, passenger seat I wanna be there