I Won't Call You Back

Intro

Phone on the table, screen face down (uh)

Breath in my chest, I let it settle now (yeah)

No ringtone, no siren, just quiet like a vow

I practiced saying no and I meant it, wow

Verse

You know how to find the old maps of me

Pull the corners back to when I couldn't see

There’s a wild itch to answer every call

Like a broken record begging for the fall

But I learned the chord that used to shake the room

Now I keep my hands off the old perfume (no)

I learned that hurt can wear a friendly voice

And leaving it silent was my first real choice

Pre-chorus

My fingers twitch but they don't move

There’s a new rhythm in my lungs, a truer groove (uh-huh)

Not every memory needs a reunion, yeah

Some doors are locked for healing, not for ruin

Chorus

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, no-no-no

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, whoa-oh

Let the sound fade out, let it ring, let it drop (let it drop)

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, I won't call you back

Verse

You left fingerprints on recipes of fear

Tasted like almost, stayed like a souvenir

I trace the lines until they blur and then I let go

Can't rebuild my house by answering windows closed

There’s a calendar inside my chest with blank days now

I pencil in sunrise, fold the old notes down (fold 'em)

Every time my thumbs hover, I hear a quieter voice

Saying 'not yet, not now, this is your choice'

Pre-chorus

The urge is loud but my trust is louder

I’m learning how to be my own kind of power (yeah)

This silence isn’t empty — it’s a kind of cure

A patient kind of patient, steady and sure

Chorus

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, no-no-no

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, whoa-oh

Let the sound fade out, let it ring, let it drop (let it drop)

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, I won't call you back

Bridge

Remember when your promises played like lullabies? (la-la-la)

Now they’re just weather, passing through my sky (passin' through)

I keep the keys that open doors to me alone

I keep the light on in rooms I built on my own (alright)

I practice saying please don't call, please don't call, please don't call

I practice saying please don't call, please don't call, please don't call (uh)

Chorus

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, no-no-no

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, whoa-oh

Let the sound fade out, let it ring, let it drop (let it drop)

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, I won't call you back

Chorus

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, no-no-no

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, whoa-oh

Let the sound fade out, let it ring, let it drop (let it drop)

I won't call you back, I won't call you back, I won't call you back