Ask Me Later

[sg1-nir-ro-na-onan-03-91] [LS.v3.3.2026.0718R] [Intro] [brief_unstable_guitar_noise, scattered_percussive_artifacts, abrupt_silence] [Verse 1] [hard_full_band_entry, steady_forward_rock_pulse, vocal_inside_band_mix] You called twice, I let it ring Sat on the curb by the laundromat Typed a reply, deleted it, typed it again I knew what I meant at 2 a.m. By noon, I was blank You said, "Just tell me straight" I smiled and said something useless. I don't know what [Pre-Chorus] [lead_melody_opens_slightly, band_holds_same_velocity] It's fine, it's fine, don't make it a thing I had it in my head, lost it at the door Don't look at me like you already know I hate that you might know [Chorus] [stronger_vocal_melody, selective_harmony, band_stays_compact] I [hard_full_band_return, widest_vocal_harmony, same_core_velocity] I want want to to say say I I was was scared scI want to say I was scared But I keep dressing it up as ara ed joke GodI , I want want to to say say I I was was scared scared That you’d hear me, and hear how much I need this So ask me later, ask me later Ask me later Later [Verse 2] [same_band_body, quick_word_forward_phrasing, intermittent_harmony_color] I told my sister more than I told you In the Burger King lot, with the engine running She said, "Then say it" And I watched the dash clock jump You know my dad's old voicemail, the one I never delete You know I still rehearse it in the shower Every close call, I turn it into a joke Then sit with the bill and the cold fries [Pre-Chorus] [melodic_vocal_lift, instrumentation_remains_steady] DonDon''t t write write it it downdown, don, don''t t read read it it back back If If I I say say it out loud, I have to mean it I flinch at my own handwriting Like it belongs to somebody braver [Chorus] [stronger_vocal_melody, selective_harmony, familiar_band_body] I want ito t say out loudI , I was have scared to meI want to say I was scared But I keep dressing it up as an a ijoke t I I want want to to say say I I was was scared scared That you’d hear me, and hear how much I need this So ask me later, ask me later Ask me later Later [Bridge] [band_thins, guitar_and_bass_blend, drums_pull_back, vocal_exposed] I've started the text four times this week I still won't send it tonight I keep waiting for my hands to stop shaking That's the whole truth, if I let it be enough [Break] [brief_full_drop] [Final Chorus] [hard_full_band_return, widest_vocal_harmony, same_core_velocity] I I want want to to say say I I was was scared scared God, I want But I to say I keep dresswas scared I’ve been circling this like ing a it up bad as exit a sign joke I want I want to to say say I I was was scared scaredThat if I say it plain, you’ll see I meant it all along So ask me later, ask me later Just don't stop asking yet Don't stop asking yet I'll get it wrong, but don't stop asking yet [Outro] [band_stops_cleanly, final_lead_phrase_left_exposed] [end]