Lyrics
Got sick of calling when you
Expressing frustration about frequent calls
Got sick of answering
Feeling weary of responding to calls
When we manage to get on the phone
Phone conversations are rare and brief
It's only for a few minutes it seems
Short duration of phone calls
You said "Oh, don't take it personally"
Recalling advice not to take the situation personally
Don't take it personally
Reiterating the advice to not take things personally
I'm not speaking to anyone, not just you but everyone right now
Communicating a general disconnection from everyone
It's like you
Comparing the listener to someone else
You got something better to do
Suggesting the listener has other priorities
It's like
Repetition of the listener's apparent indifference
you
Emphasizing the listener's perceived detachment
Got something better it's always better now
Assuming the listener always has something better to do
I'll try to trace back
Reflecting on when the issues began
When it first started
Attempting to identify the origin of problems
Like that could solve all of our problems
Skepticism about solving problems by tracing back
I understand, you need space and you
Acknowledging the need for space
Deserve to feel that
Acknowledging the listener's right to space
So do I deserve to feel
Asserting one's right to feel abandoned as well
Abandoned till you come back
Expressing a sense of abandonment until the listener returns
Around?
Questioning the listener's return
So you still
Confirmation of the listener's ability to treat the speaker a certain way
Can treat me like
Asking if the listener can still treat the speaker a certain way
So you still
Repetition, questioning the listener's treatment
Can treat me like?
-You got something better to do
Reiteration of the perception that the listener has better things to do
Like you got something better
Repeating the belief that the listener always has something better
It's always better now
Reinforcing the idea that things are always better for the listener
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