Read Receipts

(soft vocals, almost whispered)

Yeah…

Funny how silence says the most…

You don’t gotta say it…

I already know.

I seen you typing… Then the bubbles disappeared.

Had me staring at my phone,

Like maybe you’d reappear.

You said you needed space,

But you never said why.

Left me with a thousand questions And a thousand reasons why.

You used to call me late night,

Tell me things nobody knew.

Now I’m talking to a screen That don’t talk back to you.

I don’t need an explanation,

I don’t need another excuse.

If you wanted to be here… You would’ve found a way to.

Read receipts… Tell me everything I need to know.

You saw my heart,

But you still let it go.

No reply… But I felt your goodbye.

Funny how a little blue check Can hurt more than a lie.

You don’t have to say you’re leaving,

I can feel it in the distance.

Sometimes the loudest answer

Is your silence. I replay old conversations,

Looking for where we changed.

Was it something that I missed?

Was it something I couldn’t save?

You said “forever” so easy,

Like it was something you believed.

Now forever feels like a word You only used when you needed

me.

I gave you my patience,

I gave you my time.

You gave me excuses

And a reason to find mine.

Maybe I was holding on

To somebody who was gone.

Maybe I was reading messages That were never meant to come.

So I’m putting down my phone,

I’m done waiting by the screen.

If you wanted my love… You would’ve chosen me.

Read receipts… Now I finally see the truth.

You weren’t confused… You just weren’t choosing me too.

No reply…

Was the answer all along.

I was waiting for a message From someone already gone.

(soft harmonies) Seen… Read… No response… Sometimes silence tells the story.