Track 1 of the album Read Receipts · 2021
Charger at Ten Percent
by Veda Monroe
“The battery's dying but I'm not hanging up. That's the whole record in one line.”
r&b · contemporary r&b · slow jam · 3:29
Lyrics
Ten percent and falling, but I'm still on the line You're telling me a story and I'm hanging on every line Phone's gone red, the screen is getting dim Cord's across the room and I'm not moving for him You say you're almost sleepy, I say me too Both of us lying, there's nothing else to do City lights outside are blinking slow Ten percent of battery, a hundred of the glow Ten percent, don't die on me now I'm not done talking, not done somehow Charger's on the other side of the floor But I'd rather stay here a little more Ten percent, stay on the line Your voice is the only light I need tonight You laugh and the pad hums soft in my ear Every little pause is a thing I hold dear Nine percent, I'm counting like a clock Every minute with you is a gift I've got We talk about nothing, we talk about the stars We talk about the way you drive in cars I could get up, plug in, and play it smart But the quiet in your voice has a hold on my heart Ten percent, don't die on me now I'm not done talking, not done somehow Charger's on the other side of the floor But I'd rather stay here a little more Ten percent, stay on the line Your voice is the only light I need tonight If the screen goes black, I'll still hear you In the dark where the signal runs through Call me back, call me back, I'll pick up on one ring Ten percent of love is still something Ten percent, don't die on me now I'm not done talking, not done somehow Charger's on the other side of the floor But I'd rather stay here a little more Ten percent, stay on the line Your voice is the only light I need tonight Stay on the line, stay on the line Ten percent and you're still mine