NO REPLY

**[Verse 1]**

I sent you rain at half past four,

A picture from the corner store.

Your coffee cup is on the shelf.

I still buy two, then catch myself.

The dog looks up when keys are turned,

Still waiting for you to return.

I type, “You’d laugh if you were here,”

Then leave it there, year after year.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I know you can’t. I know it’s true.

It doesn’t stop me writing you.

**[Chorus]**

No reply, no reply,

Still I tell you every little thing.

No reply, no reply,

How the rain came down, how spring came in.

They say the heart will learn to live.

I still save you things to give.

I send my day into the night

And leave it there with no reply.

**[Verse 2]**

Your mother called me yesterday.

We talked around what we can’t say.

She said your room is just the same,

Then stopped before she said your name.

We talked about the leaking roof,

The things she used to tell to you.

I told her I was doing fine,

Then texted you the same old lie.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I know you can’t. I know it’s true.

It doesn’t stop me writing you.

**[Chorus]**

No reply, no reply,

Still I tell you every little thing.

No reply, no reply,

How the rain came down, how spring came in.

They say the heart will learn to live.

I still save you things to give.

I send my day into the night

And leave it there with no reply.

**[Bridge]**

If unread words still travel on

After the hands they knew are gone,

I hope the small ones make it through:

“The plant came back. I still miss you.”

Your shirt is folded with the rest.

Your number’s still the one I press.

The morning comes. I type, “I’m home,”

Then sit beside a silent phone.

**[Final Chorus]**

No reply, no reply,

Still I tell you every little thing.

No reply, no reply,

How the rain came down, how spring came in.

I send the life you should have seen,

The days that happened in between.

I type, “Goodnight. I’m doing fine,”

Then leave it there with no reply.

**[Outro]**

The plant came back.

I thought you’d like to know.

No reply.

[1]: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11100273/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Still With Me? Assessing the Persisting Relationship to a Deceased Loved-One - Validation of the “Continuing Bonds Scale” in a German Population - PMC"

[2]: https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/prosody-in-music-and-songwriting/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Prosody in Music and Songwriting - Berklee Online Take Note"