TRACK 02 — DON’T CALL THIS TIME [Intro — distant phone vibration, same nocturnal atmosphere carried over from previous track, filtered guitar] Still call me the one... Yeah That's the problem [Phone vibration] I know what happens if I answer [Chorus — immediate melodic hook, restrained first line then widening] Don't call this time, time, time I might lose my mind, mind, mind If I hear you say you're mine, mine, mine Just to lose you by sunrise Don't call this time, time, time I'm still learning goodbye I know I'll probably miss you tonight But don't call this time [Post-Chorus — drums pull back, soft stacked doubles] Don't call Don't call You know I'll wanna answer Don't call Don't call I know me better now [Verse 1 — intimate melodic rap, conversational pocket] Two in the morning Your name on the screen Haven't read the message Already know what you mean Probably, “You awake?” Probably, “Can we just talk?” Probably everything I wanna hear Right when I'm learning to walk Away That's always your timing Soon as the silence gets heavy You come looking for mine Soon as I'm finally sleeping You come back in my mind One little buzz And I'm right back fighting myself 'Cause loving you was easy Leaving you is something else [Pre-Chorus — rhythm tightens, tension rising] If I pick up You cry I pull up We lie Say maybe this time we're different One touch One night Sun comes Goodbye Baby, I already know the ending [Chorus — full drums, wider vocal stack] Don't call this time, time, time I might lose my mind, mind, mind If I hear you say you're mine, mine, mine Just to lose you by sunrise Don't call this time, time, time I'm still learning goodbye I know I'll probably miss you tonight But don't call this time [Post-Chorus — vocal echo] Not tonight Not tonight I know what happens When I hear your voice at night Not tonight Not tonight I still love you That's why [Verse 2 — stronger rhythmic pocket, deeper 808 movement] I don't need another midnight apology Another “I was wrong, come talk to me” Another two hours outside of your house Turning one weak moment to another three weeks We got too good at starting again Never got good at making it last Keep calling the fire something beautiful Just because we both miss the ash And I paid for it Paid in sleep Paid in peace Paid in everybody asking What the hell happened to me Paid in trust Paid in time Paid in pieces of myself Every time I called you mine So no You don't gotta lose my number I just gotta stop answering 'Cause every time I save what's left of us I lose what's left of me [Pre-Chorus — emotional lift, melody increasingly exposed] And if you call And say Nobody knows you like I do I'd probably say That's true But knowing every part of you Don't mean I gotta keep breaking too [Chorus — stronger vocal, altered final line] Don't call this time, time, time I might lose my mind, mind, mind If I hear you say you're mine, mine, mine I'll forget every reason why Don't call this time, time, time I'm still learning goodbye And yeah, I'll probably miss you tonight But don't call this time [Bridge — drums disappear, close-mic vocal, phone vibration returns] [Phone vibration] There it is Your picture Your name Same feeling Same pain Thumb over answer Three rings Four rings Five [Phone vibration stops] Silence [Short pause] Damn I let it die [Build — heartbeat kick gradually enters] And nothing happened World kept turning Room stayed quiet Heart kept hurting But I'm still here Yeah I'm still here [Final Chorus — biggest melodic payoff, subtle harmonic lift] Don't call this time, time, time I'm getting back my life, life, life And I still wish that you were mine, mine, mine That's exactly why I can't try Don't call this time, time, time Maybe loving you means goodbye And yeah, I'm gonna miss you tonight But I'll be alright [Final Post-Chorus — layered vocals, hook transformation] Don't call Don't call I would've answered yesterday Don't call Don't call Tonight I let it fade Don't call Don't call You can still call me the one But being someone's one Don't mean they're the one I should become [Outro — guitar motif exposed, almost whispered melodic vocal] You don't have to lose my number I just gotta stop answering [Pause] Tonight I finally did
