Read the Room cover art

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[Verse 1: Sparse echoing guitar]
You give that trademark salute, then you look at the floor
I ask about your classes 'cause I can't ask for more
Two hours at the hub while your registration cleared
It felt just like the old days, but the shield is still here
We protected our names when the group fell apart
Now we're playing it safe, but we're starving the heart.

[Verse 2: Heartbeat drum, muted bass]
It’s a rare kind of uncanny how you map out my head
We could organize a room with not a syllable said
Flawless coordination without starting a fight
It pleases me, it scares me, that you read me so right
You know exactly what I'm thinking, you don't need a tell
And I'm terrified to look, because I read you as well.

[Pre-Chorus: Atmospheric bass drop]
And I haven’t heard your laugh in a year and a half
We’re tiptoeing around the things we don't ask
I just have one question to leave by the door:
If there’s nothing between us, what are you hiding for?

[Chorus: Massive wall of sound, crashing drums]
Read the room! Feel the shift in the space!
You know everybody's watching how we carefully place
Every step, every word, every casual line
While ignoring the history we left behind!
You see right through me, so why look away?!
Read the room, and hear what I don't say!

[Verse 3: Driving bassline]
A whole semester of quiet, walking on glass
You act like a stranger every time that we pass
But I catch the side looks, the hesitation you show
We're so good at this game, but it's getting so old.
You're terrified to try, so you freeze in the hall,
But playing it safe doesn't save us at all.

[Bridge: Building layer by layer]
I'm exhausted from guarding my own reputation...
I'm sick of this perfectly staged hesitation...
You know that I miss you! You know that I care!
SO WHY ARE WE ACTING LIKE NOTHING IS THERE?!

[Massive Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]
Read the room! Feel the shift in the space!
(Look at me now, look at me now!)
You know everybody's watching how we carefully place
Every step, every word, every casual line
While ignoring the history we left behind!
You see right through me, so why look away?!
Read the room, and hear what I don't say!

[Outro: Spoken word, dropping the music]
You catch me staring, see the hesitation. I know you have me figured out.
You see how careful I'm being, know the desire in my aversion. You know I've left no doubt.
So read the room, and ask me out!