[Verse 1]
Phone on the table
Name on the screen
My thumb hovers
Trembles
Like I’m lighting gasoline
I already know it
Before you say “hello”
Another month drowning
In the same old undertow
[Chorus]
Can’t there be something that edifies
Something that lifts when your number lights my phone
More than late rent
More than delayed lives
I’m tired of bracing for bad news alone
Can’t there be something that edifies
A word that heals instead of just survives
[Verse 2]
You say you’re “still waiting”
I say “yeah
Me too”
Waiting on a sentence
That doesn’t sound like bad news
Tell me what you’re dreaming
Not just what they owe
I’m starving for a story
Where you finally grow
[Chorus]
Can’t there be something that edifies
Something that shines when your voice comes through the line
More than debt stacked
More than worn sighs
I’m tired of tasting that same bitter wine
Can’t there be something that edifies
A word that builds instead of just gets by
[Bridge]
I don’t need you perfect (hey)
I just need you present
Tell me one small mercy
One bright
Quiet blessing
Show me you’re more
Than the weight you carry
I’m still on your side
But it’s heavy
It’s heavy
[Chorus]
Can’t there be something that edifies
Something that lifts when your number lights my phone
More than late rent
More than delayed lives
I’m tired of bracing for bad news alone
Can’t there be something that edifies
Say something living
Say something alive