Almost Cold, Almost Called

[Intro cold clean guitar, repetitive two-note motif, distant amplifier hum] [Two-note guitar motif] Almost called... [Guitar response] Almost called... [Deep repetitive bassline enters] [Verse 1 extremely low female contralto, intimate, restrained] Your number waited On my screen The room was quiet The hallway too I poured a drink [Short guitar response] Then poured for two I typed the address Stopped halfway Deleted it [Two-note guitar] Typed again [Pre-Chorus almost spoken] Send... [Guitar stab] Don't send... [Guitar stab] Send... [brief silence] Don't. [Chorus restrained, hypnotic] Don't come over Not tonight Leave the hallway Without your light [Melodic guitar response] Don't come over Not tonight I came this close Then changed my mind Nothing happened Nothing moved Still I made A place for you Don't come over... [Two-note guitar] Not tonight... [Instrumental repetitive bassline, dry snare, chorus guitar] [Verse 2 low chest voice, slightly rougher] I changed the sheets For no good reason Left one lamp Beside the door Your picture waited Above the chat Black dress Cigarette I pictured footsteps On the stairs One... [Two-note guitar] Two... [Guitar response] Three... [brief silence] Nothing there [Instrumental Break guitar repeats the counting motif] [Female voice, distant] Almost... [Guitar] Almost... [Bridge drums stripped back, low bass pulse] Your name Still on the screen My thumb Above the green I could call [Two-note guitar] I could call [Ghostly head-voice crack] I could call... [immediate return to deep contralto] I didn't. [Extended Guitar Break melancholic repetitive lead, dirty chorus guitar, bass remains hypnotic] [Final Chorus slightly fuller, still restrained] Don't come over Not tonight Leave the hallway Without your light Nothing happened Nothing moved Still I spent The night with you [Melodic guitar response] Don't come over Not tonight Maybe wanting Was enough Not tonight... [Two-note guitar] Not tonight... [Outro drums disappear, close microphone] One glass empty [Guitar response] One glass clean Your number On the screen [Long guitar response] Almost called... Almost called... [Final two guitar notes] Didn't.