The Calling (Condensed Lyrics)[Verse 1]
Streetlights flicker, trying to say something
Kicking cans down an empty avenue
Radio stuck on a '93 song
Sounds like it's talking just to you Left my future in the laundromat dryer
Spinning with someone else's dreams
Walking past houses where we used to hide
Counting ghosts in TV screens [Chorus]
This is the calling, ringing in my head
Low hum under everything I've said
Can't hang up, can't let it go
It keeps calling, calling, calling
Even though nobody's home [Verse 2]
Record store's boarded, but I hear the feedback
Bought my first guitar with a job I hated
You said we'd leave when the sky turned red
We waited — the sky just stayed the same [Chorus]
This is the calling, ringing in my head
Low hum under everything I've said
Can't hang up, can't let it go
It keeps calling, calling, calling
Even though nobody's home [Bridge]
Maybe it's just noise, blood in my ears
But it sounds like a voice saying
"Kid, you've been here for years" [Final Chorus]
This is the calling, louder than before
Pounding on the window, scratching at the door
Can't hang up, can't let it go
It keeps calling, calling, calling
And now I know what it's calling for [Outro]
Streetlights flicker like goodbye
Radio fades on that '93 song
For once, it doesn't sound so alone