Lyrics
[verse]
Dear friend, it's been a month since I wrote you a line
Been playing your record since the winter, every time
I painted your face on my jacket, on my wall
Learned every word that you ever wrote, learned them all
My girl says I'm obsessed, but she don't understand
You're the only voice that ever shook me like a hand
I sent you three letters and you never wrote back
Maybe you're just busy, maybe the mailman lost the track
[chorus]
Are you listening? Can you hear me on the other end?
I've been calling out your name like you're my only friend
Are you listening? Say you'll write me back someday
'Cause the silence feels like drowning and I don't know another way
[verse]
Second letter's angrier, I don't know why I'm mad
Every hero's got a mirror and mine's turning kind of sad
Rain is hitting the windshield, kids asleep in the back
Doing ninety on the interstate, following the exact same track
You said in one your songs that the fans need to let go
But you don't know the nights I spent just needing you to know
That I was drowning long before I ever heard your voice
And now I'm not so sure that silence ever was a choice
[chorus]
Are you listening? Can you hear me on the other end?
I've been calling out your name like you're my only friend
Are you listening? Say you'll write me back someday
'Cause the silence feels like drowning and I don't know another way
[bridge]
Final letter's calmer, found the news today
Turns out you'd been mailing me, the address was the delay
Wish I'd waited longer, wish I'd let the anger go
Some things you don't get back once you let the water flow
[chorus]
Are you listening? Can you hear me on the other end?
I've been calling out your name like you're my only friend
Are you listening? Say you'll write me back someday
'Cause the silence feels like drowning and I don't know another way
