Receiver Rust

[Verse 1]
It's 3:47 on the dot, the Uber's outside idling
Your last words are a ghost note, just vibrating, dissipating
Phone screen is cold against my cheek, smells like ozone and the end
I trace a crack across the glass, a fault line I can't ever mend
The driver doesn't say a word, just flicks the meter with a click
I see your face in every drop of rain that's beaded on the brick
You said, "It's better this way, Mac," like you were ordering a drink on the fly
Left me with the tab to sign and a dial tone in my eye.

[Chorus]
And now you're just the hum after the hang-up
The quiet that I get when the whole bar's swept
Yeah, you're the last call ringing in the static
A recipe for sleep I haven't learned yet.

[Verse 2]
The city's still and breathing, a dishwasher's final cycle hum
The streetlights paint the wet asphalt, my reflection's going numb
I got your contact 86'd, a line-item I had to void
But the muscle memory's a phantom limb I still cannot avoid
You're the bitter amaro taste that lingers on the tongue for hours
The wilted garnish on the plate, the last of the October flowers
And I ain't fighting it no more, that's a shift I am not picking up
Just let the engine noise pour in and pray the silence is enough.

[Chorus]
And now you're just the hum after the hang-up
The quiet that I get when the whole bar's swept
Yeah, you're the last call ringing in the static
A recipe for sleep I haven't learned yet.

[Bridge]
The condensation on the glass, your fingerprint begins to fade
Another order's up, I guess. Another mess somebody made.

[Outro]
Yeah. Just the hum now.
Just the rust.