[Intro] [Phone vibration buried inside sub-bass] [Single female vocal, inches from mic, dry and close] …hello? [Silence] Mm. [Verse 1] [Huge empty pockets, syrupy bass dragging underneath] [Single lead vocal only, cool and restrained] First time you called I almost let it die Blank little screen Middle of the night Picked up anyway Don’t know why I did You never said hello Just breathed into it [Dry mouth click] I said, “Who is this?” Nothing. Held the phone there Waiting for a voice Then you hung up first [Pause] Should’ve been annoyed Instead I stayed awake Thinking ’bout the noise [Pre-Chorus] [Kick disappears] [Single dry vocal, no doubles] You could say your name Don’t. You could say something Hh… Don’t. [Chorus] [Sub-bass bends downward] [One female lead only, dry and dead-center, no harmonies] Keep it like this Mm Keep it like this No name in my mouth No face in my head Just breathe Then stop Make me wait for the rest Keep it like this Don’t ruin it yet [Verse 2] [Muted percussion enters unevenly] [Phone buzz tucked into the rhythm] Now when my phone lights I know before I look Same hidden number Same time you always pick I answer on the first buzz That part’s getting bad Put you by my pillow Like I planned for that Nothing but static And your breathing on the line Sometimes you stay longer Sometimes you cut at five Hh… Last night you almost spoke I swear I felt it coming My hand went still While the bass kept running [Beat cuts] Then you hung up. [Pause] I called it back. [Silence] Couldn’t. Haaah… Good. [Chorus] [Bass returns thicker] [One female lead only, no doubles, no backing vocals] Keep it like this Mm Keep it like this No name in my mouth No face in my head Just breathe Then stop Make me wait for the rest Keep it like this Don’t ruin it yet [Bridge — Breaths Only] [Sub-bass and faint phone-line static] [No sung words, no harmony, no doubles] [Dry close-mic breaths, irregular and unpitched] Hh… Ah… [Pause] Huh… Hh-ah… [Long pause] Uh… Huh… huh… [Breathing quickens] Ah… ah… Hh… ah… [Long shaky exhale] Haaaaah… [Silence] Huh! [Sub-bass bends upward] [Instrumental Pocket] [Phone buzz stretched into low synth] [Muted brass-like blurt] [Reversed inhale] [Syrupy bass groan] [Three beats near-silence] [Final Chorus] [ONE single female lead only] [Dry, dead-center, almost monotone, absolutely no harmonies] Keep it like this Keep it like this Don’t give me anything I can hold onto No name No face Just that little pause Before you breathe Keep it like this Hh… Don’t ruin it. [Outro] [Phone vibration] [Immediate pickup] … Haaaaah… Hh… Hh… hh… [Long silence] Call tomorrow. [Cut]
