The Voicemail I Should've Deleted
Tempo: 92 BPM (restless, anxious) Key: G minor (unsettled, no resolution)
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's 4 AM and I'm not drunk enough
To forget the way I called your bluff
I said some things, you said some things
Now I'm just staring at my phone screen
[Pre-Chorus]
I pressed record, I pressed send
Now I'm pressing delete again
[Chorus]
I'm listening to the voicemail I should've deleted
Hearing all the words I wish I never said
You sound so calm, I sound so broken
Screaming at a ghost in my own bed
I'm playing it on repeat
Punishing myself complete
With the voicemail I should've deleted
But I keep, but I keep, but I keep...
[Verse 2]
You didn't call back — that says it all
I built a bridge and watched it fall
Into the river, into the dark
Now I'm just talking to my own heart
[Pre-Chorus]
I pressed record, I pressed send
Now I'm pressing delete again
[Chorus]
I'm listening to the voicemail I should've deleted
Hearing all the words I wish I never said
You sound so calm, I sound so broken
Screaming at a ghost in my own bed
I'm playing it on repeat
Punishing myself complete
With the voicemail I should've deleted
But I keep, but I keep, but I keep...
[Bridge — stripped, raw]
Maybe one day I'll let it go
Maybe one day I won't need to know
What I sound like when I'm alone
Begging someone to come home...
[Final Chorus — building, desperate]
I'm listening to the voicemail I should've deleted
Hearing all the words I wish I never said
You sound so calm, I sound so broken
Screaming at a ghost in my own bed
I'm playing it on repeat
Punishing myself complete
With the voicemail I should've deleted
But I keep... I keep...
[Outro — phone beep, silence]
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