Touché Amoré - Deflector lyrics

I'm a colorless banner flown at half mast
I'm a vessel for last contact
I'm a secondhand piano incapable of tune
Providing the score for "gone too soon"

I'll test the water i won't dive right in
That's too personal i'm too delicate
I'll test the water i won't dive right in
I'm not comfortable i rarely am

Been a sideline voyeur
A conscientious deflector
Been an underpin for something better
Been a faulty poet, a personal arsonist
Been a last responder to my own self interest

Cold-shouldered by design
Sleeping in on borrowed time
Let's sing, just one more
I'm a trapeze act missing contact
A long way down to the floor

I'll test the water i won't dive right in
That's too personal i'm too delicate

I'll test the water i won't dive right in
I'm not comfortable i rarely am

Been a broken record
A conscientious deflector
Been a sounding board for an absent savior
Been a faulty poet, an ambivalent nihilist
A last responder to my own self interest

I won't dive right in i'm too delicate
I won't dive right in i'm too delicate

I'll test the water i won't dive right in
I'm not comfortable i rarely am