One Ring Away

[Intro] One ring away One breath from brave Your name lit up I let it fade [Verse 1] Two thirteen, phone face down Blue light crawling across the couch I knew that buzz, I knew that tone Your little name in a rectangle glow My thumb got close, then lost its nerve Like a hand on a door that would not turn I had “I’m sorry” behind my teeth And let the dark speak over me [Chorus] I was one ring away One breath from brave Your name lit up I let it fade Now every quiet room Knows what I didn’t say I was one ring One ring away [Verse 2] There’s a pale mark on the nightstand wood Where the water glass stayed longer than it should I still reach there when the hour gets late Like the past might wake if I say your name I kept my voice from breaking then Now it breaks in places it shouldn’t bend Funny how a phone can weigh More than the words you never gave [Chorus] I was one ring away One breath from brave Your name lit up I let it fade Now every quiet room Knows what I didn’t say I was one ring One ring away [Bridge] I don’t get to make it noble I don’t get to call it fate I was scared you’d hear me shaking So I handed you the wait And if truth is all that answers When the old excuses fall I didn’t lose your number I just didn’t make the call [Final Chorus] I was one ring away One breath from brave Your name lit up I let it fade Now every quiet room Knows what I didn’t say I was one ring One ring away I was one ring away One breath from brave Still singing late To a darkened name No answer comes back But I say it anyway I was one ring One ring away [Outro] Blue light gone Hand still raised No dial tone One ring away [End]