FAWM: "Couldn’t Press Send"

Couldn’t Press Send

Skirmish: Didn't press send (@richardmasters)

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Liner Notes

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The sad story of a message and no place to send it.

Lyrics

I was ready to tell you this time
Lay it all out on the line
Didn’t press send
Couldn’t press send
It was only a sheet of paper
And my mind

I was ready to make a new start
The told truths of the heart
Didn’t press send
Couldn’t press send
No address no number
And that’s the worst part

I don’t know what else I can do
I can’t tell anyone
Until I tell you
I can’t keep it all inside
I can’t just say that I tried
This is a time
For divine
Intervention

I tried it again today
The send button was gray
Didn’t press send
Couldn’t press send
Cancel was all the screen
Had to say

I stared at the blank address
There was no path to success
Didn’t press send
Couldn’t press send
Pretty soon my phone
Was a mess

I don’t know what else I can do
I can’t tell anyone
Until I tell you
I can’t keep it all inside
I can’t just say that I tried
This is a time
For divine
Intervention

So I’m talking on the radio
I don’t know where the message will go
Didn’t name names
Couldn’t name names
Took it as far as
I could go

I don’t know what else I can do
I can’t tell anyone
Until I tell you
I can’t keep it all inside
I can’t just say that I tried
This is a time
For divine
Intervention

Comments

@cblack 1d

I like the creativity of this. It's about a specific situation or feeling, but never explicitly states what it is, leaving it up to the listener instead. Nice!

@tjeff 2d

A great portrayal of things held inside and not communicated, and the difficult feelings that go along with that. I can definitely relate!

@kahlo2013 2d

This tugs at the heartstrings. Lots of emotion comes through the words reflecting the inability to express thoughts to the person we want to hear them.

@rocketgrrrl 2d

The concept of the blank address; the phrase is about how you can’t tell anyone else until you’ve told them. It feels very relatable and real.

@metalfoot 2d

Cancelling rather than sending because there's no address or number to send to... that's a hard one for sure! Nice writing and the emotion gets through.