I kept my phone beside me like a lifeline in the night Waiting for a moment when the words would come out right But courage doesn’t answer when the heart is full of doubt And silence grows its branches till you can’t cut them out I thought you'd always know me Even if I never spoke But the call that never came Is the one I still remember All the truth I should have told you All the miles I left between The call that never came Still echoes like a warning That tomorrow isn’t promised And the chance may never be I pictured you out walking with the phone held in your hand Waiting for a tremble or a name you understand But I was holding back the feelings that were begging to be freed And now the quiet haunts me with the things you didn’t see I thought that you’d be waiting Till I finally found the words But the call that never came Is the one I still remember All the truth I should have told you All the miles I left between The call that never came Still echoes like a warning That tomorrow isn’t promised And the chance may never be If I could have one minute To relive that single night I’d say your name with trembling And I wouldn’t let you fight alone again But the call that never came Still breaks me when I hear it The silence on the line between us Now a place I can’t return The call that never came Is the lesson I keep carrying Don’t save the words for later When the hour’s never earned
