No Reply Needed

**No Reply Needed** [Intro: dry finger tap, immediate bass and drums] [Verse 1] Screen lights. Three dots. I drop the phone. The kick drum knocks. You send a novel. I mute the plot. [Pre-Chorus] Re-re-re— Reply can wait. Re-re-re— I change the pace. [Chorus] No-no-no reply needed. No-no. Let it sit. No-no-no reply needed. Kick-kick. Turn. That’s it. Your words pile up. My heels dig in. [Verse 2] Red soles. Bent knees. Sweat salts my white tee. My heel slips. I catch the beat. [Pre-Chorus] Re-re-re— You start again. Re-re-re— I miss my step. Then— [Chorus] No-no-no reply needed. No-no. Let it sit. No-no-no reply needed. Kick-kick. Turn. That’s it. Your words pile up. My heels dig in. [Signature Break, Part 1: 4 bars, ONLY heel taps, finger snaps and dry tongue clicks] Ti-ti. Tap. Heel. Snap. Ti-ti. Tap. Don’t text back. [Signature Break, Part 2: 4 bars, Nora’s vocal and bass call-and-response] No-no— [Bass answers] Re-re— [Bass answers] No-no— [Bass answers] Needed. [Signature Break, Part 3: 4 bars, half-time drums, same tempo, smooth vocal] No reply… No reply… [Chorus: straight dance groove returns sharply] No-no-no reply needed. No-no. Let it sit. No-no-no reply needed. Kick-kick. Turn. That’s it. Your words pile up. My heels dig in. [Bridge: intimate vocal, sparse accompaniment] Screen down. Still buzzing. I slide it under my coat. One breath. One long note. [Final Chorus: full band, Nora’s own harmonies] No-no-no reply needed. No-no. Let it sit. No-no-no reply needed. Kick-kick. Turn. That’s it. Your words pile up. I leave them unread. [Final vocal tag: one continuous sustained melodic note] Needed… [Outro: tight instrumental stop] No reply. Next track. ```