Calling and Not Calling My Ex Lyrics

Lyric discussion by xoqqiy 

Cover art for Calling and Not Calling My Ex lyrics by Okkervil River

everything in this song is in the last two lines. it is about saying goodbye to someone or something you desperately don't want to lose--but it's already gone. The only way to move on is to let go--and despite how clearly the singer knows that, the shape of the song suggests otherwise--why write/sing this song if you could really accept it?

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