You Called, I Didn’t

[ Lyrics ]

First time you called first — I watched it ring.

Phone lights up the ceiling, screen says your name,
used to jump at this sound, now I don’t feel the flame.
Used to pause my whole night just to say 'come through,'
now I’m halfway through a movie I picked just for me and you.
No wine for you, no extra glass,
just me, my playlist, and the past.
I scroll past your face while my thumb holds tight —
not on red, not on green… just the light.

The silence isn’t loud, it’s soft and deep,
like pulling back the covers when you finally sleep.
You don’t get the drama you trained me to give —
this is how it ends: I just… let you live.

You called, I didn’t — no anger, no cryin’.
You finally chose me, but the timing’s not right.
You called, I didn’t — the power’s not in the answer,
it’s in the ring, in the wait, in the glance and the glancin’.

Remember all the Sundays I cleared my whole day?
You showed up at midnight with a half-truth and gray.
I wore heels for takeout, made my laugh extra bright —
played the easy girl who’s always in sight.
Now your call sits there like a note I won’t read,
a sentence unfinished, a ghost I don’t feed.
I sip my Cabernet, comment on a reel,
feel the quiet build somethin’ real.

The silence isn’t cold, it’s finally mine,
like reclaiming a room that was never rightly thine.
No guilt, no regret — just the truth on repeat:
I stopped being your option the night I hit 'delete'.

All those times I said 'it’s fine' —
they stacked up like dishes I never got to decline.
And now? I decline you. Quiet. Clean.
No message, no reason, no in-between.

You wanted me easy? I’m easier now.
I don’t answer — I just know my vow.

You called, I didn’t — no anger, no cryin’.
You finally chose me, but the timing’s not right.
You called, I didn’t — the power’s not in the answer,
it’s in the ring, in the wait, in the glance and the glancin’.

You called, I didn’t…
You called, I didn’t…

Silence plays louder than anything you ever said.

Yeah… I saw it.