Shadows on the Line

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Kitchen light hums at 3 a.m Tea gone cold on the window ledge Old coat hanging like a borrowed skin I trace your name in the curtain dust You said you’d call when the job came through Said you’d write if the hours got rough Now the dial tone’s just a quiet bruise And the night won’t turn the volume up [Chorus] Shadows on the line Fading every time I try to reach you Crossed wires in my mind Talking to a ghost that sounds like you I keep repeating every word you said Like a station slipping out of tune Shadows on the line But I still lean in like it’s you [Verse 2] Bus stop glass holds your reflected face Just my breath and a sticker half-peeled Headlines blur in the plastic rain I mouth your jokes to an empty field Friends say “time ” like it’s something you take Twice a day till the ache wears off I just watch the steam on the window fade Sketching hearts in the paper frost (oh) [Chorus] Shadows on the line Fading every time I try to reach you Crossed wires in my mind Talking to a ghost that sounds like you I keep repeating every word you said Like a station slipping out of tune Shadows on the line But I still lean in like it’s you