Lyric

Your name lights up the black screen

Then disappears again

One small number by the message

Still waiting where it was

My bag is open on the chair

Keys beside the door

I know exactly where to touch

I don't reach for it anymore

You looked down, I looked away

The screen went dark between us

No fight left in the room

Just nothing more to say

There's an unread line between us

Still glowing on the screen

I could open it and hear you

But I know what that would mean

We were right in all the wrong hours

Close enough to leave a mark

So I leave your name unopened

And let the screen go dark

I fold the shirt you used to borrow

Put the charger in my case

There's a coffee ring beside the window

I leave it in its place

The elevator takes forever

I hear footsteps in the hall

For half a second I imagine

They're yours outside the door

The number's still beside your name

When the elevator arrives

I put the phone inside my coat

And take my bags outside

There's an unread line between us

Still glowing on the screen

I could open it and hear you

But I know what that would mean

We were right in all the wrong hours

Close enough to leave a mark

So I leave your name unopened

And let the screen go dark

The screen lights once inside my pocket

As the elevator drops

I feel the old pull in my fingers

Then let my hand go still

The doors open to the lobby

Traffic moves beyond the glass

Whatever you wrote stays with you

What you changed stays here with me

There's an unread line between us

Still waiting on the screen

I don't need to know the wording

To know what we have been

We were right in all the wrong hours

I won't make them less than true

I leave your message unopened

With what you changed still moving through me