[Intro] [spoken, низко, как голос в диктофоне] I still know your number by heart. The phone still works. … I just never called. [Verse 1] I was twenty-three when she asked me to stay, I stared at the floor and I looked away, Said, "Give me till Sunday, I'll make up my mind" — Sunday came round and I left it behind. I never told her — not a letter, not a line, I just let her turn into a story that's mine. [Pre-Chorus] Time, time — the only thing I ever spent, Time, time — the only thing I ever lent, I handed it to fear, I handed it to doubt, And it doesn't come back, and there's no way out. [Chorus] I let it go, I let it go — The hand, the call, the yes, the no, I told myself I'd get it right someday, And "someday" is a word I taught myself to say. [Verse 2] I left a dream at nineteen, folded under my bed, Took the paycheck and the title, called it "getting ahead", Said, "I'll get back to it later, get back to it soon" — And "later" and "soon" are the two ghosts in my room. I let a good friend go quiet — never called, never tried, Now he's a name in my phone and a hole in my side. [Pre-Chorus] Time, time — the only thing I ever spent, Time, time — the only thing I ever lent, I handed it to fear, I handed it to doubt, And it doesn't come back, and there's no way out. [Chorus] I let it go, I let it go — The hand, the call, the yes, the no, I told myself I'd get it right someday, And "someday" is a word I taught myself to say. [Bridge] My father said, "No rush" — and I heard it as "forever", I said, "Next weekend" — and I never, I never. He's been gone seven winters, and the phone still has his name, I keep it there for nothing, and I check it just the same. So if there's something sitting in your chest, Say it tonight — don't wait for the rest. [Final Chorus] I let it go, I let it go — The hand, the call, the yes, the no, I told myself I'd get it right someday, And "someday" is a word I'm putting away. [Outro] [sparse, spoken over the last chord — callback to Intro] And the phone still works. … I'm gonna call it tonight.
