The story of “Phone Bills”: In the time that we had known one another, you’d written the equivalent of about an album’s worth of material about us. Roughly half the songs were about us getting together, falling in love…the other half were about us breaking up. Even the breakup songs were sweet. Through all of it, I only ever wrote you one song. It was about leaving. Specifically, it was about why I left. The only phone I mentioned in that song was the one I never used to say goodbye. I wrote you a letter instead. In hindsight, that wasn’t the best way to say call it off. You were the only person who ever would have moved somewhere for me. You were the only person who would have changed everything. Every time that I moved anywhere, or changed everything, I thought about that. Believe me, I did. It was years too late, but I figured I owed you this song. We spoke on and off for years. We don’t speak much anymore. When everything happened with the guy with the ring you were the first person I thought of. Driving up the coast I remembered that at one time, somebody had really loved me. In that moment, I regretted everything. I just wanted you to know. Phone Bills: I was young and I was dumb what can I tell you I thought I was getting started I never did get started somehow Im still waiting and you were changing too we collided in the night somehow all those miles apart you showed me things about the brick built buildings and the cobble stone roads in every song you wrote when we were young and we were in love when we were young and we were in love I dont remember leaving I dont remember anything like I remember you that day you took me to the cemetery where they buried the man youd called your dad I remember regretting all my best laid plans theyd all been laid to waste all those miles apart you showed me things about the brick built buildings and the cobble stone roads in every song you wrote when we were young and we were in love when we were young and we were in love you were waiting you were ready I wasnt waiting, I wasnt ready and the ink on your letters still aint fading and for the thousands of dollars in phone bills I still dont know if you understand me I still dont understand those phone bills god damn those phone bill all those miles apart showed me things about the brick built buildings and the cobble stone roads and every song you wrote when we were young and we were in love when we were young and we were in love we were young we were in love youtube/watch?v=IvK2GeNVeuQ
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:18:24 +0000
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