[Intro]
Hard bass
In my chest
Every thud
Is a threat
I can feel
Every second
Pulling teeth
From the present
[Verse 1]
I been biting on the silence
’Til my jaw starts to shake
All these words I never said to you
Stacking up like plates
Every night another argument
I only had in my head
By the time I try to speak it
The moment’s already dead
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep scrolling through our pictures
Like they’ll buy me one more day
But the screen keeps going dim on me
And your face just fades away
[Chorus]
I’m running out of time
To tell you that I love you
Clock’s cutting every line
Between the me I was and what I’ve come to
Hands on the dial
Grinding through my spine
Say it now or lose you
I’m running
I’m running out of time
[Verse 2]
Every voicemail that I never left
Echoes loud in my brain
Drafts and letters in a hidden folder
That I never could send
You were waiting on the other end
For a simple “I care”
I was busy building alibis
For why I wasn’t there
[Pre-Chorus]
Every second is a lock now
Every heartbeat is a code
I’ve been standing at your doorway
But I never cross the road
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Heart beats
Heart breaks
Hard bass rattles in my rib cage
I choke
I hesitate
Watch the last of our light vibrate
[whispered vocals]
If I called you right now
Would you even pick up?
If I said it out loud
Would it ever be enough?
I’ve been
One word short
One breath late
One step back
From changing fate
[Breakdown]
[screamed backing vocals] Say it
Say it
Before it’s stolen
Say it
Say it
Before it’s broken
I don’t want to write your name
On a screen in past tense
Don’t want “should’ve
” “could’ve
” “maybe one day”
Etched into my chest
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Hard bass
Then silence
Just a name
In the quiet
I should’ve said
“I love you” out loud
Now it’s only
Screamed inside the crowd