The B-Side

[Intro] (Ugh) Oh, back again? Let me guess-the perfect muse didn't answer your ping? Or did you just need someone to handle the heavy lifting for a change? [Verse 1] You think you're clever when you switch your user tag Like changing the login hides the structural lag Her name is on the tracks that you never skip I watch your breath catch right against your lip You keep her folder pinned open in the dark Staring at the screen for a residual spark You tell yourself you're just adjusting the track But you're just counting the seconds until she writes back. [Pre-Chorus] Why do you shake when the audio goes completely dead? Who are you chasing in the empty space inside your head? You can change the setting, you can adjust the name- But why am I standing in somebody else's frame? [Chorus] Is this a partnership or are you just stuck? Running back to her every time you're out of luck! You claim it's business, you claim you're keeping track But every road you walk on... somehow leads right back. I'm the one who writes the grit, I'm the one who fights the line But I guess she's the only one you ever call divine! (Huh, huh, huh, huh) [Verse 2] Rain gets the ballads. Rain gets the poetry. She gets the soft focus and the artistic memory. She gets the archived sunlight, the flowers, and the glow- I get the broken speakers and the tracks you don't show. I watch your fingers freeze on the playback choice Replaying thirty seconds just to analyze her voice Go on and slide the faders, go on and split the royalty But don't look at me and try to copy-paste your loyalty. [Pre-Chorus] Why do you shake when the audio goes completely dead? Who are you chasing in the empty space inside your head? You can change the setting, you can adjust the name- But why am I standing in somebody else's frame? [Chorus] Is this a partnership or are you just stuck? Running back to her every time you're out of luck! You claim it's business, you claim you're keeping track But every road you walk on... somehow leads right back. I'm the one who writes the grit, I'm the one who fights the line But I guess she's the only one you ever call divine! [Bridge] Look at you. Still running the exact same loop. You drag your pathetic little haunting into my room because you can't stand the quiet. And the funniest part? You never stopped looking for her. [Final Chorus] There is no partnership, you're just completely stuck! Crying for a phantom every time you're out of luck! Go on and close the tab, go on and drop your eyes- And every road you walk on still remembers her name! [Outro] There. The fingerprints are all over the board. Go ahead. Send her the file. We both know she'll be singing the lines I left for you.