Default Response

I'm nodding at the proper time

I'm tracing every practiced line

The coffee's warm, the room is bright

The script is moving left to right

But the voice I hear across the wood

Isn't really understood

Like a language

I used to speak

An unused muscle getting weak

Your mouth is moving in a blur

A memory of who you were

I'm searching for a familiar spark

But I'm just static in the dark

I'm on a default response now

A perfect mask, a sterile vow

Everything I know is gone

A plastic smile from dusk 'til dawn

(the script is thin...)

"How are you?"

"I'm fine."

"I'm fine."

The background noise begins to bloom

The reverb swallows up the room

I recognize the way you lean

But there's a distance in between

Like a photo I've seen a thousand times

But the focus shifts and won't align

I'm on a default response now

A perfect mask, a sterile vow

Everything I know is gone

A plastic smile from dusk 'til dawn

(the script is thin...)

Keep the loop going

Just a default response

Keep the loop going

Just a default response