RADIO STATION 11:11 S1E 6: “My Phone Keeps Calling Yesterday”
[INTRO - CHEERFUL FUNK GUITAR, BOUNCY BASS, PHONE RING] [Phone rings] MAN: Hello? VOICE: Hey, it’s me. MAN: Who? VOICE: You. MAN: …I’m me. VOICE: Not yet. [Beat] MAN: I’m hanging up. [CLICK] [UPBEAT FUNK GROOVE] [VERSE 1] My phone keeps calling yesterday I swear I’ve got the strangest ringtone My calendar says Tuesday But my voicemail says Monday I got a message from tomorrow And a missed call from last week My toaster knows my future And my refrigerator’s trying to speak My friends say, “You need some sleep” My doctor says, “Turn off the screen” But every time I throw the phone away It rings from somewhere I’ve never been [PRE-CHORUS] Ring-ring, who’s there? Somebody I haven’t met Ring-ring, that’s weird I haven’t gotten there yet My watch says ten My microwave says twelve And my neighbor says “I think you’re talking to yourself!” [CHORUS] My phone keeps calling yesterday Yesterday keeps calling me I keep saying, “Who is this?” And they keep saying, “Wait and see!” My phone keeps calling yesterday It’s driving me insane I got a voicemail from my future And a breakup from last Tuesday [BACKING VOCALS] Yesterday! Calling me! Yesterday! Leave me be! [VERSE 2] I went to work five minutes early Got there three hours late My boss said, “Where have you been?” I said, “Apparently, I’m running late!” I bought a ticket for a concert That happened twenty years ago The ticket guy just stared at me Then said, “You really need to go.” My GPS keeps changing directions Says, “Turn left in 1998” I said, “That road doesn’t exist!” It said: GPS VOICE: “Not yet.” [Band hits] MAN: I hate this phone. [PRE-CHORUS] Ring-ring, who’s there? Somebody I haven’t met Ring-ring, that’s weird They’re telling me my future yet My watch says ten My microwave says twelve And now my bathroom mirror Is giving me relationship advice! [CHORUS] My phone keeps calling yesterday Yesterday keeps calling me I keep saying, “Who is this?” And they keep saying, “Wait and see!” My phone keeps calling yesterday It’s driving me insane I got a voicemail from my future And a breakup from last Tuesday [BRIDGE - FUNKY SPOKEN SECTION] [Music strips down] MAN: Okay. New plan. I’m throwing away the phone. [Throws phone] [Silence] [Phone rings from across the room] MAN: No. [Phone rings] MAN: Absolutely not. [Phone rings] MAN: I am not answering that. [Phone rings] VOICE: You should. MAN: Why? VOICE: Because yesterday wants to talk to you. MAN: Yesterday can leave a message. VOICE: It already did. MAN: Where? VOICE: Check your pocket. [Beat stops] MAN: I don’t have a pocket. [Beat] VOICE: Exactly. [Beat slams back] [FINAL CHORUS] My phone keeps calling yesterday Yesterday knows my name Every time I try to lose it It just calls me back again My phone keeps calling yesterday Maybe I’m losing my mind But if yesterday can call tomorrow Then what happens to tonight? [BACKING VOCALS] Ring-ring! Pick it up! Ring-ring! No, don’t! Ring-ring! Pick it up! MAN: I’m definitely not picking that up! [OUTRO - FUNK GROOVE] [Phone rings] MAN: Nope. [Phone rings] MAN: No. [Phone rings] MAN: Okay, fine! [CLICK] MAN: Hello? VOICE: You’re going to laugh when you hear this. MAN: Hear what? VOICE: You’re the reason the station exists. [Music abruptly stops] [Static] MAN: What station? [Whisper:] 11:11. [CLICK] [END]
