Catch and Release
[In]
(Adlib:) Tired of waiting on the line...
(Adlib:) Check the phone. Let's go. 1989.
[V1]
I’m going through the history, scrolling up the text
Wondering if I’m crazy or just wondering what is next
Did I type it right? Did I use the proper tone?
Or am I just a woman sitting waiting by the phone?
(Adlib:) Read receipts are killing me...
Someone else is chasing, yeah, he’s circling the boat
Sending me the signals while I’m trying to stay afloat
But you haven't even looked, you haven't made a move
I’m casting out my heart with nothing left to prove.
(Adlib:) Nothing biting...
[Ch]
You haven't nipped at my lure, you haven't taken the dive
I’m the only one keeping this connection alive
I’m your last thought (Yeah), but I’m your first call
I come running with the net before you even fall
But the hook is coming up empty, swinging in the breeze
And I’m tired of falling down on my knees
If you don't bite soon, I might cut the line
Cause someone else is ready to make me shine.
(Adlib:) Empty hook!
[Post-Ch]
Fish or cut bait!
(Adlib:) Don't make me wait!
[V2]
I figured out your language, it’s the service and the touch
I brought you all the noodles, but I guess it was too much
We sat there on the couch, hearing heartbeats in the room
But it felt like a funeral, sitting in the gloom.
(Adlib:) So close but so far...
I pray with you, I stay with you, I call you my friend
But I’m wondering if this is where the story’s gonna end
I can read the diagnostics, I’m a CMA pro
But I can't read your mind if you never let it show.
(Adlib:) Give me a sign!
[Ch]
You haven't nipped at my lure, you haven't taken the dive
I’m the only one keeping this connection alive
I’m your last thought (Yeah), but I’m your first call
I come running with the net before you even fall
But the hook is coming up empty, swinging in the breeze
And I’m tired of falling down on my knees
If you don't bite soon, I might cut the line
Cause someone else is ready to make me shine.
(Adlib:) Empty hook!
[Post-Ch]
Fish or cut bait!
(Adlib:) Don't make me wait!
[Guitar Solo]
(Adlib:) Yeah! Rip it up!
(Adlib:) Cut that line!
[V3]
What if I get caught by the wrong man's trap?
Just because he’s awake while you’re taking a nap?
He’s throwing out the bait and he’s saying all the words
While your silence is the only thing that I have ever heard.
(Adlib:) He wants me...
I’m trying to serve, I’m trying to please
But the water is getting cold and I’m starting to freeze
You’re sleeping on a diamond, you’re sleeping on the prize
So don't be surprised when I sever the ties!
(Adlib:) Snip snip!
[Br]
I’m checking the lure.
(Adlib:) Is it broken?
I’m checking the line.
(Adlib:) Is it unspoken?
I change my whole world just to fit in your stream
But I’m waking up now from this one-sided dream.
[Out]
(Adlib:) Reel it in, Sarah.
(Adlib:) We done fishing here.
You haven't touched me.
You haven't pleased me.
So I’m packing up the tackle box.
Catch and release.
(Adlib:) Gone.
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