[INTRO] [OLD TELEPHONE BUTTONS] beep beep beep beep [THE NOTES TURN INTO A CHORD] [VINYL CRACKLE] [BASS ENTERS FAR AWAY] [REVERSED PIANO] [SLOW BOOM-BAP LOOP] (spoken) I deleted the number Years ago Which would have worked If I hadn't Memorized it [VERSE 1] Still starts with seven Still ends in two Funny what the brain Refuses not to do Forgot the name Of my first street Forgot half the people I used to meet Forgot the password To almost everything But give me a telephone And I could still Make it ring [BEAT STOPS FOR HALF A BAR] I won't [BEAT RETURNS] But I could [PRE-CHORUS] Some things stay Without permission Some things leave Despite your plans Memory has Terrible organization But remarkably Good hands [FEMALE VOCAL] Haa-aa-aa... [CHORUS] You're the number I still know The one I never call Ten little digits Standing quietly Behind it all You're the number I still know Though I don't know Where you are Strange how something Can be useless And still live Inside the heart [POST-CHORUS] [DIAL TONE BECOMES MUSICAL NOTE] [REVERSED PIANO SWELLS] ªªª... ªª ª... Huuuu... [VERSE 2] I used to call without a reason That's the luxury we had No appointment No announcement Nothing urgent Nothing planned "What are you doing?" "Nothing." "Good." Then twenty-seven minutes About a neighbor And some food God We wasted time Beautifully Before I understood That wasting time With someone Might be What time Is for [DRUM LOOP WARPS] [TAPE SPEED FALLS SLIGHTLY] [PRE-CHORUS] Now every call Has got a purpose Every message Has a task Maybe growing up Is learning Not every answer Needs An ask [FEMALE SOUL VOCAL] Don't ask... Just stay... [CHORUS] You're the number I still know The one I never call Ten little digits Standing quietly Behind it all You're the number I still know Though I don't know Where you are Strange how something Can be useless And still live Inside the heart [BRIDGE] [EVERYTHING GOES MONO] [NO REVERB] [CLOSE VOCAL] [ONLY FINGER ON TELEPHONE BUTTON] (spoken) Sometimes I type the first three Not because I'm going to call I just want to see If my hands Remember too [three keypad notes] beep beep beep They do [ONE PHONE RING — FAR AWAY] [NOBODY ANSWERS] [FEMALE VOCAL ENTERS CLOSE FOR FIRST TIME] Some things stay Because they mattered Not because They need To return [FINAL CHORUS — NO DRUMS] [DEEP BASS + REVERSED PIANO + HUGE LAYERED MALE/FEMALE VOCALS] You're the number I still know And maybe That's alright Not every memory Needs a future Not every door Needs one more night You're the number I still know But I finally understand I don't keep it To reach you I keep it Because once I could [OUTRO] [BASS DISAPPEARS] [OLD TELEPHONE BUTTON] beep [ROOM TONE] [FEMALE HUM] Mmmmm... [TAPE MOTOR SLOWS] [END]
