[Intro – glitchy synth arpeggio, a distant phone-ring tone, clean delayed guitar, no drums] [Instrumental – full band crashes in, dissonant riff, pounding double bass, crash accents] [Verse 1 – blood curdling screams] I sleep with the ringer turned all the way up Face down on the nightstand like a stone I've learned your silence has a sound Like a house when no one's home And every time it lights the ceiling I'm already on my feet With the car keys in my jacket I don't ever really sleep [Pre-Chorus – clean vocals, ringing chords, snare build] You say this time is different And I want that to be true [Chorus – soaring clean vocals, harmonies, screams underneath, full band] I'll pick up on the second ring Every time you call Even when the words you bring Are the same ones from the fall And if one night I let it go To a voice that isn't mine I don't think I'd ever know How to leave that sound behind [Instrumental – harmonized dual-guitar lead, glitchy synth stabs, driving double bass] [Verse 2 – call and response between screams and clean vocals] (Screamed) Your mother keeps a bag packed by the door (Clean) Your sister stopped saying your name (Screamed) I'm the last one on a list you've worn down to the bone (Clean) And I'm scared that makes me the same (Screamed) Am I saving you or feeding it With every twenty that I lend Is it loyalty or cowardice To keep calling myself your friend! [Pre-Chorus – clean vocals, tremolo guitars underneath] You say this time is different I've said that to myself too [Chorus – soaring clean vocals, harmonies, screams underneath] I'll pick up on the second ring Every time you call Even when the words you bring Are the same ones from the fall And if one night I let it go To a voice that isn't mine I don't think I'd ever know How to leave that sound behind [Instrumental – drums drop to half-time, guitars chug, phone-ring synth tone returns] [Blood curdling scream] LET IT RING! [Breakdown – long, crushing, syncopated drop-tuned chugs, pounding double bass, dramatic pauses] [Blood curdling scream] ANSWER ME! [Gang vocals] PICK UP! PICK UP! [Blood curdling scream] ANSWER ME! [Gang vocals] PICK UP! [Breakdown drops even heavier – half-half-time, silence between hits, dissonant synth drone] [Low guttural scream] Second ring [Bridge – band cuts out, soft synth pad and clean guitar] [Spoken word – lo-fi voicemail, tired and quiet] Hey, it's me. I know it's late. I'm okay, I think. Just call me back. [Fragile clean vocals] I've saved every message In case one is the last [Build – snare rolls, guitars swell, feedback rising] [Final Chorus – key lift, massive soaring clean vocals with harmonies, screams underneath] I'll pick up on the second ring For as long as you still call I can't save you from anything But I can answer, that is all And if one night the line goes still And the silence comes to stay I'll keep the ringer up until The sound has found its way [Outro – band drops out, one final phone-ring synth tone] [End – silence]
