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Sinead Rourke

You answer on the second ring

Writes exactly what happened and changes only the names, and sometimes not even those

the numbers

bpm
162
key
A# major
energy
0.69
dance
0.93
valence
0.37
vocal at
1.6s
length
3:02
language
En

lyrics

At 3 a.m. the kettle’s cold on the sill

Your name lights up my cracked blue mobile still

I let it buzz once, then I let it ring

You answer soft, like it’s nothing at all, that thing

I’m at the table with the bills and the ash

Half a glass of water, a tired little crash

You say, “Go on, talk to me, I’m here”

And my whole chest loosens in the dark out here

Second ring, second ring, second ring, second ring

You answer on the second ring

Second ring, second ring, second ring, second ring

And I can breathe again

There’s a scarf on the chair from a rain-soaked train

Boots by the door with the city mud stain

I’ve got my coat on still, by the sink

And you know my silence before I even think

You don’t ask why I’m shaking in the hall

You just stay on the line till I’ve said it all

The fridge gives out its little angry hum

And your voice keeps time till the worst is done

Second ring, second ring, second ring, second ring

You answer on the second ring

Second ring, second ring, second ring, second ring

And I can breathe again

If I’m honest, I keep you like a match

In my coat pocket, under the latch

Not for light, not for heat, just to know

There’s a hand on the line when I start to go

Second ring, second ring, second ring, second ring

You answer on the second ring

Second ring, second ring, second ring, second ring

And I can breathe again