Dial Tone
Drift
Three AM and you're holding a phone that stopped ringing. The same moment circles back three times, each pass revealing something the last one hid. For the hours when you realize the thing you needed wasn't the answer — it was the sound of trying to reach someone.
Lyrics
The phone went quiet seven minutes ago
I'm sitting on the counter in the dark
The fridge is humming something like a key I used to know
And the dial tone's still printing on my ear
I called to say one thing but the silence ate it
Now I'm sitting on the counter in the dark
My feet are dangling where the drawer won't close
And the thing I meant to say is changing shape
The phone says 2:07 and I believe it
I'm sitting on the counter in the dark
The fridge shuts off and leaves me with the nothing
And I think the thing I needed was the ringing
Just the ringing
Not the answer
Variations
- Dial Tone 2:06
- Dial Tone (Variation) 2:14