I Can't Sense Anything

[Verse 1] Every week the same thing happens and the story's much the same A ship appears with hostile strangers and we play our little game One of us will ask the question one of us will close our eyes One of us will sense the nothing and deliver it like a prize [Chorus] I can't sense anything nothing at all A whole ship full of feeling and we're hitting a wall We do this every single week and the room still goes dark I can't sense anything but we'll say it like it breaks our hearts [Verse 2] The ambassador is lying everybody in the room can tell His story changed three times already but we run our ritual well Tell me what you're feeling counsellor the answer's always the same Something guarded something hidden something no one needs to name [Chorus] I can't sense anything nothing at all A whole bridge full of danger and we're dropping the ball We turn to one another with those hopeful knowing eyes I can't sense anything but we'll frown like we tried [Verse 3] Sometimes there is great sadness sometimes there is a threat Sometimes we sense exactly what the viewer sensed already from the set But most of the time in the moments when it really truly counts We furrow our brows and we hold the pause and we give the wrong amounts [Bridge] We've done this dance for seven years the question and the stare The pause the tilt the careful frown the answer hanging in the air And yet we keep on asking every episode the same Because the ritual is the comfort and the comfort is the game [Key Change] [Final Chorus] We can't sense anything nothing tonight A galaxy of feeling and we've lost our sight But we'll stand here on this bridge together and pretend it's fine You'll ask and I'll say nothing and we'll do it one more time We'll do it one more time We'll do it one more time [Spoken] Captain Yes counsellor I'm sensing something Go ahead No it's gone [End]