316 the room is black
I'm lying flat upon my back
Staring at the ceiling fan
Just counting every spin
I know the time, I know the night
I know exactly when you might
Decide that you are lonely and you need to let me in
The phone vibrates against the wood
I shouldn't answer, yeah, I'm good
They're telling lies in mirrors when I'm standing on my own
But then I see your picture glow And all my strangers let me go
I hear the bass,
I hear the crowd I hear you talking way too loud
You found a quiet corner in the bar to make the call
I know you've had a few too many I know I shouldn't give up any
For your thoughts right now But God,
I want them all
Because it's the only time you say I love you
When the whiskey's doing all the talking for you
You're pouring out a heart you don't
possess A beautiful intoxicated mess
I hold the phone tight to my hip
Connecting words I'm starving to hear
I'll take the lie,
I'll take the crumb I'll take the love that leaves me numb
Cause when the morning comes and you
are sober You won't remember that you
called me over
You ask me if I'm seeing someone new
I lie and say yeah, maybe a few
You get jealous in a way that feels like home You slur my name,
it sounds so sweet
Like we're back on that one-way street
Before we learned that we were barely hanging
on a rope You tell me that each beat you bear
You tell me I'm the best you had And for a moment in the dark
I think it might be true But then I hear the ice cubes clink
And you take another heavy drink And I'm
reminded I'm just speaking to the gin
I'm just a ghost you haunt at night Until the coming of the light
Will you lock the door and never let me in?
But it's the only time you say I love you
When the whiskey's doing all the talking for
you You're pouring out a heart you don't possess
A beautiful and intoxicated mess I hold up phone tight to my ear
Connecting words I'm starving to hear I'll take the lie,
I'll take the crumb
I'll take the love that leaves me numb Cause
when the morning comes and you are sober
You won't remember that you
called me Tomorrow at 10am,
I'll check my phone again
And then I'll see you solid,
powder,
rationed out 30 minutes,
40 seconds
A mistake that you'll hang over records
Was just a slip up in the mental file
You won't text,
you won't explain You'll just ignore the phantom pain
And I'll go back to being just a
friend Until the bottle opens up again
It's the only time you say I love you When
the whiskey's doing all the talking for you
I hold up phone tight to my ear Collecting words I'm dying to hear
I'll take the lie,
I'll take the love that leaves me numb
You whisper,
baby,
don't hang up I say I won't,
I'm here,
what's up?
But the line goes dead,
the battery died Or maybe you just went outside
I say I love you to the tone Just a man sitting by the phone
She won't remember
She won't remember