[INSTRUMENTAL — swung hats first, sub-bass swelling slow] [VERSE 1 — close, hushed over the bass] Mum's old Nokia buzzing Kitchen gone quiet at twelve Text me when you're home, love Same words, same spell I'd laugh down the hallway Sixteen, too big for it Now I say it down the line Every night at five [VERSE 2 — a little lighter, hats ticking] Now it's me at the window Curtain pulled back an inch My boy's out past eleven I hear her in my throat Every word she ever said me Queuing up behind my teeth So I type it like she taught me And I don't press delete [HOOK — layered, warm and wide] Text me when you're home (when you're home) Text me when you're home (when you're home) Just so I can sleep Text me when you're home (when you're home) Text me when you're home Just so I can sleep [INSTRUMENTAL — piano answers the vocal chops, bass rolls on] [VERSE 3 — softer, almost smiling] He texts back one word, "nearly" Spelt wrong, no kiss, I'm up I make a brew I won't drink Lean on the cold worktop Funny how a sentence Outlives the one who said it Gone three years, still she writes She texts me every night [BRIDGE — voice alone, bass drops one bar, then slams back] One day he'll say it sleepy To someone small of his He won't know where it came from I will. I do. [FINAL HOOK — fullest moment, vocal chops stacked on the chant] Text me when you're home (when you're home) Text me when you're home (when you're home) Just so I can sleep Text me when you're home (when you're home) Text me when you're home Just so I can sleep [OUTRO — hook fragments over rolling bass, soft] Text me when you're home (when you're home) Just so I can sleep [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO — hats fade last, piano holds one chord]
