Call Me When It Breaks
by Evechon Music · Confessional Folk-Pop
For everyone who's the steady hand in someone else's emergency, "Call Me When It Breaks" turns the phone around. It's the ache of being reliable to a fault — the person who knows your mother's number and your landlord's name — quietly wondering who picks up when they're the one falling apart.
Lyrics
Verse 1
You call me from the roadside
You call me from the bar
You call me when the rent is late
Or someone goes too far
I know your mother’s number
I know your landlord’s name
I know how to talk you down
When everything goes strange
Pre-Chorus
I’m good in a crisis
Good when it gets loud
But no one ever asks me
What happens when I’m down
Chorus
Call me when it breaks
Call me when it burns
Call me when you need
Somebody else to learn
Call me when it hurts
Call me when it shakes
You know I’ll pick up
Call me when it breaks
But when I go quiet
When I lose my place
Who do I call
When it breaks?
Verse 2
My brother needs a favor
My friend needs one more ride
My phone keeps getting heavier
Every time it lights
I’ve made myself reliable
Like that was all I’m worth
Like love means being useful
Till usefulness starts to hurt
Pre-Chorus
I’m good in a crisis
Good when it gets loud
But no one ever asks me
What happens when I’m down
Chorus
Call me when it breaks
Call me when it burns
Call me when you need
Somebody else to learn
Call me when it hurts
Call me when it shakes
You know I’ll pick up
Call me when it breaks
But when I go quiet
When I lose my place
Who do I call
When it breaks?
Bridge
I don’t want applause
I don’t want a debt
I just want one person
To notice I’m not set
I don’t need saving
I don’t need praise
I just need someone
To stay before it breaks
Final Chorus
Call me when it breaks
Call me when it burns
Call me when you need
Somebody else to learn
Call me when it hurts
Call me when it shakes
You know I’ll pick up
Call me when it breaks
But when I go quiet
When I lose my place
Who do I call
When it breaks?
Outro
Who do I call
When it breaks?