2. PHONE BOOTH [Style: claustrophobic 90s thriller rock, sparse bass pulse, metallic percussion, tense strings, distant traffic, telephone hiss, sudden drum impacts, rising pressure, melodic dark chorus, soft clean male voice, clear diction, dry vocal, upfront, natural, mid-range, warm, no rasp, no autotune, no vocal effects, 92 bpm] [Door In: phone already ringing] The bathroom door opens I fall through the frame Glass hits my shoulder A telephone rings again I'm inside a phone booth Rain running down the glass A man is holding the receiver Like his life depends on that [Verse 1] Don't hang up Don't move Don't look around His voice is shaking Someone's watching from somewhere I hear breathing But I see nobody there A red dot appears Right against the phone He sees it too Now I'm not alone The man starts sweating I can hear his teeth He says someone is hunting him Then the glass begins to bleed [Pre-Chorus] One shot The man drops His face hits the glass And slides down I don't move [Chorus] Phone booth Red light on the glass Phone booth Something wants me dead Blood runs down the window Rain runs down the street I only wanted one beer Now somebody's bleeding at my feet [Verse 2] Two women come running They scream his name I don't know the man I don't know this place The red dot moves Across the booth One woman turns A shot She falls Her blood hits my hand I wipe it on my shirt The other woman screams The phone keeps ringing The receiver falls Still connected [Breakdown] He says Kill me instead The glass explodes Gunfire Sirens People running Bodies on the pavement I crawl through the broken booth And find the red dot again It's watching me [Chorus: bigger] Phone booth Red light on the glass Phone booth Every second is the last Blood on the sidewalk Rain inside my sleeve I only wanted one beer Why won't this fucking place let me leave? [Bridge: almost whispered] I touch the receiver A voice says nothing I put it down The ringing stops For one second Silence Then something hits the back wall [Door Out] I open it No street Just rain A car trunk I fall inside The lid slams shut [End: heartbeat, trunk slam, rain]
