The Call That Never Came

I kept my phone beside me like a lifeline in the night

Waiting for a moment when the words would come out right

But courage doesn't answer when the heart is full of doubt

And silence grows its branches till you can't cut them out

I thought you'd always know me

Even if I never spoke

But the call that never came

Is the one I still remember

All the truth I should have told you

All the miles I left between

The call that never came

Still echoes like a warning

That tomorrow isn't promised

And the chance may never be

I pictured you out walking with the phone held in your hand

Waiting for a tremble or a name you understand

But I was holding back the feelings that were begging to be freed

And now the quiet haunts me with the things you didn't see

I thought that you'd be waiting

Till I finally found the words

But the call that never came

Is the one I still remember

All the truth I should have told you

All the miles I left between

The call that never came

Still echoes like a warning

That tomorrow isn't promised

And the chance may never be

If I could have one minute

To relive that single night

I'd say your name with trembling

And I wouldn't let you fight alone again

But the call that never came

Still breaks me when I hear it

The silence on the line between us

Now a place I can't return

The call that never came

Is the lesson I keep carrying

Don't save the words for later

When the hour's never earned