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Hip-hop
trap, garage, hip hop
WE KNEW IT BY HEART [Verse 1] Phone on the wall, cord under the door, Seven little steps to the voice you called for. No name on a screen, no face in a square, Your fingers knew the way to somebody who cared. Busy meant wait, so you tried after eight, Held every digit while you pictured their face. No favorites list, but you knew where to start. Before we saved contacts, we kept them by heart. [Chorus] We knew it by heart, We knew it by heart. Now the phone goes dead And we don't know where to start. Got it all saved, Why's it feel so far? We knew it by heart, We knew it by heart. [Verse 2] Now I walk in a room, let the reason go missing, Look down for the time, spend ten minutes clicking. Got a thought halfway built, get a buzz, let it drop, Like a house with no roof but a lock on the box. Turn left, turn right, let the little voice guide, Then it says, "You have arrived." Have I? I can pull up the world while I stand in one place, But I reach for your number and pull up a face. Search, save, send, let the small glass think; I ask for one answer, get lost in the links. Maybe we ain't less bright, just less asked to try. When the lift does the work, do the stairs leave your mind? [Chorus] We knew it by heart, We knew it by heart. Now the phone goes dead And we don't know where to start. Got it all saved, Why's it feel so far? We knew it by heart, We knew it by heart. [Bridge] But that same screen gets a lost kid home, Lets a deaf dad read what he can't hear on the phone. Maybe names and numbers made room for more. What did we use all that room for? [Verse 3] Dead phone, borrowed charger, somebody says, "Who?" Blank field, blinking line, and I'm looking at you. Then an old string of numbers comes back in a rush, From a kitchen they sold, from a phone long unplugged. Strange how a number can outlive a home. I know who would answer. I know that they won't. All those years, never once pressed save. Was it practice, or love, made the numbers stay? [Chorus] We knew it by heart, We knew it by heart. Now the phone goes dead And we don't know where to start. Got it all saved, Why's it feel so far? Was it just the numbers, Or who we kept by heart? Loop We knew it by heart, We knew it by heart. Now the phone goes dead. And we don't know where to start. Got it all saved, Why's it feel so far? We knew it by heart, We knew it by heart. mBaileyz