The Line Just Hums

Verse 1

I dialed your number slow

Fingers shaking on the keys

Sun went down an hour ago

Lord I'm on my knees

My pride was a wall I built too tall

Now I'm standing in the rubble of it all

Pre-Chorus

I hear the ring on the other end

Praying you might pick it up again

Chorus

But you don't answer

And I can't find the words to say

You don't answer

And I'm whispering anyway

I say I'm sorry for the stubborn man I've been

But the line just hums and I hang up again

Verse 2

I practiced every line I'd say

Rehearsed it in the truck

Thought about the yesterday

When I gave up instead of stuck

Your voicemail picks up like a cold front moving in

And I swallow down the silence where my heart begins

Pre-Chorus

I hear my own voice on the tape

Leaving something I'm too late to take

Chorus

But you don't answer

And I can't find the words to say

You don't answer

And I'm whispering anyway

I say I'm sorry for the stubborn man I've been

But the line just hums and I hang up again

Bridge

Maybe someday you'll forgive

Maybe someday I'll forget

The way I could have held you close

The way I let it slip

Chorus

But you don't answer

And I can't find the words to say

You don't answer

And I'm whispering anyway

I say I'm sorry for the stubborn man I've been

But the line just hums and I hang up again

Hook

Hang up again

Hang up again