Lyric

“hello?”

“hey.”

“you okay?”

“yeah.”

[small signal crackle]

“sorry, what?”

“I said I’m fine.”

“...you don’t sound fine.”

“you still there?”

“yeah.”

You still there?

You still there?

Your voice cuts out

Wish I could too

You still there?

Say it again

I know we’re over

I just forget when you answer

I called with nothing

I needed to say

Just wanted your voice

To ruin my day

You sound the same

Maybe that’s the worst part

Like losing me

Never left a mark

I laugh too loud

You ask what’s wrong

I say “nothing”

And keep you on

I know your silence

Better than mine

So I keep talking

To buy us some time

You still there?

You still there?

Your voice cuts out

Wish I could too

You still there?

Say it again

I know we’re over

I just forget when you answer

There’s a little delay

Every time that you speak

Half of your sentence

Gets lost before me

Maybe it’s better

I don’t hear it all

Maybe you said

You don’t miss me at all

I ask you to repeat it

You say “never mind”

Funny how bad reception

Can feel so kind

For half of a second

I get to pretend

You weren’t about to

Say this is the end

“wait, say that again.”

“I said we probably shouldn’t—”

“shouldn’t what?”

“hello?”

“hey, you there?”

“yeah. I’m here.”

“okay.”

Stay for a minute

Just one minute

Don’t make it mean

More than it is

Stay for a minute

I’ll be different

I know I won’t

But let me say it

You don’t need me

I know, I know

I just need you

Not to let me know

You say it’s getting late

Like I can’t see the time

Like I haven’t watched

Every number go by

And I know what comes next

So I change the subject

Ask about your week

Like I give a fuck about it

You answer politely

God, that hurts more

You sound like somebody

I used to be yours for

And maybe I called

Just to hear something break

But your voice stayed steady

Mine didn’t

You still there?

You still there?

Your voice cuts out

Wish I could too

You still there?

Say it again

I know we’re over

I just forget when you answer

Stay for a minute

Just one minute

Don’t make it love

Don’t make it anything

You don’t need me

I know, I know

I just need you

Not to let me know

“you should probably sleep.”

“yeah.”

“I’m gonna hang up.”

“okay.”

“okay.”

“...you still there?”