Lyric

One-oh-eight

Phone face down

One soft buzz

I turn around

Four-teen seconds

That’s all you sent

Half a laugh

Then “good night”

Play it once

Play it twiice

Back to the breath

Back to the line

Stop at the

Right before

You let the last word

Fall out of time

There’s a little pause

Before the end

Like you might say it

Then start again

Maybe it’s nothing

Maybe it’s me

But every replay

Changes what I hear

Replay

Play it back, play it back

To the half laugh

Right before good night

Replay

Take me back, take me back

To the one word

You left out that night

Once, twice

I can make it sound like love

Replay

What you never said

Replay

Till I hear it again

Late September

Same old note

New profile picture

Same inside joke

You say, “Take care”

A little slow

I stop it there

Before you go

Type “me too”

Delete, delete

Close the chat

Then repeat

Back to your voice

Back to that part

Fourteen seconds

Still on my heart

Now I know that pause

Is not just yours

I kept my own words

Be-hind closed doors

Maybe you waited

Maybe not

But every replay

Keeps us where we stopped

Replay

Play it back, play it back

To the half laugh

Right be-fore good night

Replay

Take us back, take us back

To the two words

We both left behind

Once, twice

We can make it sound like love

Replay

What we never said

Replay

Till it hurts again

Play

Stop

Back it up

Don’t let it drop

Your little breath

That broken beat

The word I wanted

Was never in it

Play

Stop

Now I know

I wasn’t hearing you

I was hearing hope

Four-teen seconds

Round and round

No confession

In the sound

Replay

Play it back, play it back

But the half laugh

Doesn’t mean it tonight

Replay

Take me back, take me back

To the moment

I mistook for a sign

Once, twice

It doesn’t sound like love

Replay

What I’ll never hear

Replay

One last time, then good-bye

One-oh-eight

Phone face down

Fourteen seconds

No hidden sound

RePlay

No more

This time