BUSY SIGNAL (ACOUSTIC BONUS)

[INSTRUMENTAL INTRO - NO VOCALS] [VERSE 1 - HARSH WHISPER] GREASY ADDRESS BOOK TORN AT THE EDGE OLD INK PEN ROLLS OFF THE LEDGE [CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] I PRESS THE BUTTONS PLASTIC FEELS COLD RED LIGHT BLINKING ON THE PHONE BASE [HARSH WHISPER] SEVEN DIGITS I KNOW BY HEART THE LINE CUTS OUT BEFORE IT STARTS [PRE-CHORUS - CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] NO LINE NO LINE [HARSH WHISPER] BUSY TONE IN MY EAR SHORT PULSE TOO CLEAR [DISTANT GANG SHOUTS] NO LINE NO LINE [CHORUS - QUIET SHOUTED HOOK] NOBODY PICKED UP BUT I KEPT CALLING [QUIET SHOUTED HOOK] NOBODY PICKED UP BUT I KEPT CALLING THE SYSTEM IS DEAD THE RAIN KEEPS FALLING [CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] SHORT LOUD BEATS INSIDE MY EAR THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TO HEAR [DISTANT GANG SHOUTS] BUSY BUSY [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK - ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND PHONE CLICKS ONLY] [VERSE 2 - HARSH WHISPER] I HOLD THE RECEIVER LIKE IT MIGHT BREATHE COLD PLASTIC WEIGHT AGAINST MY TEETH [CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] THE ROOM STAYS QUIET THE WALLS STAY THIN I HEAR THE NEIGHBORS MOVING WITHIN [HARSH WHISPER] NOTHING CONNECTS NOTHING COMES THROUGH JUST THAT SHORT TONE CUTTING THE ROOM [PRE-CHORUS - BUILDING TALK-SCREAM] NO LINE NO LINE [CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] BUSY TONE IN MY EAR SHORT PULSE TOO CLEAR [DISTANT GANG SHOUTS] NO LINE NO LINE [CHORUS - QUIET SHOUTED HOOK] NOBODY PICKED UP BUT I KEPT CALLING [QUIET SHOUTED HOOK] NOBODY PICKED UP BUT I KEPT CALLING THE SYSTEM IS DEAD THE RAIN KEEPS FALLING [CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] SHORT LOUD BEATS INSIDE MY EAR THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TO HEAR [DISTANT GANG SHOUTS] BUSY BUSY [BREAKDOWN - PALM-MUTED ACOUSTIC STABS] [CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] PICK UP THE PHONE PICK UP THE PHONE PICK UP THE PHONE [HARSH WHISPER] PICK UP THE PHONE PICK UP THE PHONE [SILENCE BREAK - NO VOCALS] [HARSH WHISPER] BUSY [FINAL CHORUS - QUIET SHOUTED HOOK] NOBODY PICKED UP BUT I KEPT CALLING NOBODY PICKED UP BUT I KEPT CALLING [CRACKED TALK-SCREAM] THE SYSTEM IS DEAD THE RAIN KEEPS FALLING THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TO HEAR [OUTRO - HARSH WHISPER] NOBODY NEVER [HARSH WHISPER] NOBODY IS THERE [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO - NO VOCALS AFTER LAST LINE] [END]