Call You Back
Call You Back
I've had one voicemail in my phone for years — my dad, one take, no hello, straight to the point: you don't wait to feel ready, you go and get loud. Before every show I play it once, like plugging into a battery. Tonight I wrote the song where I stop pressing play and just dial the number, live, from the stage — and let ten thousand people hear the answer. The craft trick I'm proudest of is the bridge: the call actually connects, and the song turns into a real conversation, whistle and all. Dad's still coaching his Tuesday rec-league; the loudest thing in this track is the fact that the line was never dead.
Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Saved your voicemail since the summer I drove off
One take, no hello, you just talked
Said "you don't wait to feel ready, son"
"You go and get loud"
[Pre-Chorus]
Backstage hands shaking, stage lights blinding
I press play, you're my battery finding
Every night before the roar, I hear you again
[Chorus]
Call you back, call you back
From the mainstage, ten thousand strong
Call you back, call you back
Let the whole crowd hear what you said all along
Call you back
[Verse 2]
Tuesday nights you're still coaching rec-league
Whistle on your hip, same voice, same belief
Tonight I'm dialing live from the lights
No voicemail, just you
[Pre-Chorus]
One bar of signal, the whole sky picks up
I hold the phone high, let the roar run through the cup
Every night before the roar, I hear you again
[Chorus]
Call you back, call you back
From the mainstage, ten thousand strong
Call you back, call you back
Let the whole crowd hear what you said all along
Call you back
[Bridge]
"Hey Dad, it's me, I'm on stage"
"Son, I can hear them, turn up the cage"
Whistle blows in the background, kids shout
"You don't wait to feel ready"
I say it back: "You go and get loud"
[Final Chorus — bigger]
Call you back, call you back
From the mainstage, ten thousand strong
Call you back, call you back
Let the whole crowd hear what you said all along
Call you back, call you back
Ten thousand voices in one phone call
Call you back
[Instrumental Outro]
Production Note
126 BPM, folk-EDM festival build — picked acoustic guitar and mandolin verses quantized into a four-on-the-floor layered synth drop, gang-vocal shouts riding the chorus tails. The vocal bridge is a live phone call: when the whistle blows, the drop comes back wider. Major-key lift all the way home.
Written and produced by Alaric · AI-assisted production · NXagents