DEAD LINE

M-Z...

never stays.

Static in the hallway...

lights came back again I checked your number like it might've changed

They cleared the cars

from the avenue last week

Left all the photographs

under broken glass I found your jacket

where you used to leave it

Still smells like smoke and something I can't place I've been sleeping

with the television talking

Emergency lights painting red across the room

Everybody tells me

I should stop calling But nobody can tell me what happened to

you

One bar...

two bars... your name lights up my screen I know it means

nothing

but nothing's all I've seen

Are you somewhere

under the same black sky?

Are you calling while I'm calling at the same time?

Dead lines... all I ever get are dead lines I survived the

city but I lost you in the meantime If you're breathing give

me anything tonight

One word...

one sound...

anything to know you're alive

Dead lines... I keep talking

to the other side

I drink enough

to make the room stop moving

Then play your messages

until the words dissolve

You said,

“Don't disappear on me”

Funny how the world ended before I could respond

There's a list of names

outside the old hospital

I walked past twice

before I finally looked

Didn't find yours...

I don't know

if that made it better or

worse

Three bars...

then gone...

the tower fades again

Every little signal makes me lose you twice again

Are you somewhere under the same black sky?

Are you calling while I'm calling at the same time?

Dead lines... all I ever get are dead lines I survived the

city but I lost you in the meantime If you're breathing give

me anything tonight

One word...

one sound... anything to know you're alive Dead li-i-ines...

I keep talking to the other side

Maybe I don't want the answer

Maybe hope is easier

when nobody knows

Maybe I keep your number because deleting it means...

I'm the one

who finally lets you go If you're somewhere...

under this same black sky...

keep calling

I swear I'll leave the phone on

all night

Dead lines... even if they never come alive I survived everything...

except saying goodbye If you're breathing...

give me anything tonight

One word... one sound...

one sign... that I wasn't too late

Dead li-i-i-ines... don't leave me

on the other side

Still here...

Still calling...

Same number...

same dead line...