Can you hear me now through all these wires and sound waves in the air?
Particles collide and bounce around to ask if you still care
Did I tell you why I called?
Are you listening at all?
I just called to say I love you more than you could ever know
But I won't keep you
I'll let you go
Am I ringing through a battered box that's plugged into your wall?
Or have you silenced me inside your purse so you won't hear me call?
I'll leave a message at the tone
Then I'll leave you alone
I just called to say in spite of everything I love you so
But I won't keep you
I'll let you go
Operator, can you let me hear her voice on her machine?
So she never knows I called, so she won't suspect a thing?
credits
from Metaphorical Wolves,
released October 30, 2014
Words and music by Anthony Bowman, additional vocals by Kendall Epley
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