[Verse 1]
Yeah
I scroll past your name
Like a tripwire
Red flag ringtone
Little live wire
Thumb shakes
Heart fakes
“Iaccidentallypressedcall”
(…sure I did)
Guess I still like
Tasting the fall
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m not hoping you’ll pick up
I’m just bored and messed up
Therapist says “let it go”
My thumb says “let’s see the show”
[Chorus]
It’s my dial tone therapy
Listening to your machine roast me
“Leave a message at the beep”
Yeah
Drag me
While I can’t speak
You say
“If this is you
Hang up again”
Yeah
I know how this will end
Still I hit that number three times a week
Guess rock bottom’s on speed dial for me (hey!)
[Verse 2]
You still sound so calm
On that old script
Like you’re doing just fine
Post-apocalypse
Mixed signals
Mixed drinks
Mixed up in my head
I hit “call” like a joke
Then I choke instead
[Pre-Chorus]
Friends say
“Block her
Move on”
I just turn the volume on
Put your voice on replay
Like a cheap laugh track to my bad day (oh)
[Chorus]
It’s my dial tone therapy
Listening to your machine roast me
“Leave a message at the beep”
Yeah
Drag me
While I can’t speak
You say
“If this is you
Then lose my name”
Guess you canceled me
Fair game
Still I hit that number three times a week
Guess rock bottom’s on speed dial for me
[Bridge]
[Half-time
Female lead / male ad-libs]
“Hey
It’s me
You know the rest”
(yeah, I do)
“Stop calling
This is not a test”
(okay, true)
“If it’s about the past
Let it stay dead”
(too late)
“Go talk to someone else instead”
[Beat drops
Both]
So I talk to your ghost
Through a prepaid line
Self-help scam
$4.99 a minute of my time
Hang up
Swear I’m done
Then I hit redial
I should bill you
For my denial (hey!)
[Chorus]
It’s my dial tone therapy
Listening to your machine roast me
“Leave a message at the beep”
Yeah
Drag me
While I can’t speak
You say
“If this is you
Just let it be”
But I keep phoning my own stupidity
Every lonely night when the jokes run cheap
I put my heart on speaker
And your voicemail to repeat