shutout

from BLATTLE OF THE BLANDS by assorted artists

track by madden (prod. ty jackson)

sometimes your boyfriend
who’s not your boyfriend
who you make out with sometimes
comes back from the dead
and leaves you on read
and you’re not sure that he’s even alive
so you pick up the phone
and then you set it down
and you borrow your teammate’s guitar

there was that party with the lovers
cold june san francisco summer
when he and i danced for the first time
he told me i was our worst player
i told him he was just a hater
he told me dating me should be a federal crime

there was that time we met back in chicago
he held my hand and i didn’t let go
i left that party with his digits
he said he’d text me in a minute
but that was long before the null

and now he won’t call
won’t talk at all
and when he turns away he won’t even say goodbye
and now he won’t text
and i ask him what’s next
and he doesn’t reply and i wanna cry about it but i can’t

baltimore was something different
thought i might become significant
instead of just the other guy to you
we were alone cause we’re not likeable
and maybe that was inadvisable
but i’m not gonna lie to you

there was something in your eyes back then
that made me think that we weren’t just friends
but in the end it doesn’t matter
he’s just a pitcher i’m just a batter
he doesn’t care! way to go, declan!

cause now he won’t call
he won’t talk at all
and when he turns away he won’t even say goodbye
and still he won’t text
and i ask him what’s next
and he doesn’t reply and i wanna cry about it but i can’t

i watched you turn to ash on live tv
i watched you claw your way back out of the ground
now he's gone the world was half asleep
but now he’s back the world is upside down
so i pick up the phone and then i set it down
cause i know that he would only shut me out
so i pick up the phone and then i set it down
cause i know that he would only shut me out
so i pick up the phone and then i set it down
cause i know that you don’t want me around
so i pick up the phone and then i set it down
cause i know that you would only shut me out

and still he won’t call
won’t talk at all
and when he turns away won’t even say goodbye
and still he won’t text
and i ask him what’s next
and he doesn't reply and i wanna cry about it but i can’t