The Floor Wants Out Front Cover

Lyric

Run Before I Answer

Dovren Hales

Beep

Beep beep

Leave a message after the tone

I see your name

And my chest goes cold

Thumb over the glass

But I don’t let it go

The room gets small

When you want an answer

I watch that little badge

Like a door alarm

I’m at the edge

Of my own screen

If I say one word

You’ll want ten more from me

Don’t make me reply

Don’t make me reply

I’m gone, I’m gone

Before the line lights up

Don’t make me reply

Don’t make me reply

I’m gone, I’m gone

And I don’t look back

Voicemail tone

Feels safer than you

I let it ring out

Let the pressure move

Your list keeps growing

One more favor, one more

I keep my shoes on

By the front door

I’m at the edge

Of my own screen

If I say one word

You’ll want ten more from me

Don’t make me reply

Don’t make me reply

I’m gone, I’m gone

Before the line lights up

Don’t make me reply

Don’t make me reply

I’m gone, I’m gone

And I don’t look back

If I fade out now

Maybe it stays quiet

Maybe my heart

Can stop the riot

No explanation

No clean goodbye

Just the door, the curb

And my phone face-down

Don’t make me reply

Don’t make me reply

I’m gone, I’m gone

Before the line lights up

Don’t make me reply

Don’t make me reply

I’m gone, I’m gone

And I don’t look back

Don’t make me reply

(Leave me alone)

Don’t make me reply

(I’m already gone)

  • Lyricist

    Dovren Hales

  • Composer

    Dovren Hales

  • Producer

    Ronan Elster

  • Vocals

    Dovren Hales

The Floor Wants Out Front Cover

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  • 1

    Exit Pressure

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  • 2

    Under Every Deadline

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  • 3

    Still Breathing in the Room

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  • 4

    The Day Keeps Taking

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  • 5

    Out of My Own Name

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  • 6

    The Walls Know First

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  • 7

    No Air in the Feed

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  • 8

    I Was Almost Free

    Dovren Hales

  • 9

    Low Ceiling Fever

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  • ⚫︎

    Run Before I Answer

    Dovren Hales

  • 11

    Nothing Holds Me Here

    Dovren Hales

Beneath the feet of modern people chased by notifications, expectations, watchful eyes, and the past, a suppressed voice begins to rise: "I want to be free"

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