Half a Conversation

[Intro] You there? ...yeah. No, I got a minute. [Verse 1] Yeah, I’ve been alright Work’s been work No, I’m still in town Yeah, the dog’s still worse No, I don’t talk to him No, I didn’t call Yeah, I heard about Christmas No, I’m fine... that’s all You still do that thing Where you leave the truth just out of frame Drop my name like a test balloon Then act surprised when it hits a nerve I can hear what you’re not saying Between the static and the sighs You always gave me half the sentence And made me guess the sharper side [Pre-Chorus] I know the pause I know the skip I know the part where your voice goes thin Like if you keep it light enough The dark won’t make it in [Chorus] Half a conversation And the silence does the rest Half a conversation With your heel still on my chest Half a conversation And I know the missing part You hang up clean I hang on with the dark [Verse 2] Yeah, I remember that No, that’s not how it went You were “doing your best” I was learning what that meant No, I don’t need the money No, I don’t need the blame No, I don’t need your weather report Wrapped up in my name Funny how one “how’ve you been?” Can hit like a dropped plate Funny how one little laugh Can make the whole room tilt again I’m answering like an adult now Nice and calm and hard to read While the kid in me is kicking holes In every word I let you leave [Pre-Chorus] I know the drift I know the spin I know the part where you go soft Like that erases where you’ve been [Chorus] Half a conversation And the silence does the rest Half a conversation With your heel still on my chest Half a conversation And I know the missing part You hang up clean I hang on with the dark [Bridge] No, I don’t hate you Yeah, that’d be easier No, I don’t forgive you Yeah, that’d be cleaner I just know every call Leaves the same damn stain Like talking to your ghost And wearing your name [Breakdown] You there? Yeah. I’m here. That’s the problem. [Final Chorus] Half a conversation And the silence does the rest Half a conversation With your heel still on my chest Half a conversation And I know the missing part You hang up clean I stay bleeding in the dark [Outro] No, I just thought— ... Forget it.