React - ThouShaltNot

My reaction, my response

I’m a function in need of x

Ask me questions and I reply

I’m never first, but I’m always next

And we stare in our eyes

Never blinking and going dry

Do you care more than I

Who will get the last word?

And if we trace back the time

Who came up with the first line?

In any case, it’s not mine

Because these days I can only react

I’ll never speak without your lead

I’m your shadow, I react

I’ll be the gear between your teeth

When you’re spinning, I react

You are the neutron at light speed

Spring me open, I react

But can I find the zero point I need?

Can I change it all and then take it back?

It’s so easy to shrink an inch

Or is this room growing even more?

And it’s so easy to light a match

When you’ve been burned once or twice before

And when I swing blind in rage

I’m in search of the first page

And when I sing from the stage

Who will get the last word?

You’re the one who creates

All to which I retaliate

But can I ever navigate

Another path than to react?

I’ll never speak without your lead

I’m your shadow, I react

I’ll be the gear between your teeth

When you’re spinning, I react

You are the neutron at light speed

Spring me open, I react

But can I find the zero point I need?

Can I change it all and then take it back?

I’ll find where aggression hides away

Where my own two hands hold sway

It’s a bright and beautiful new day

I will act, I will act

Your reaction, your relapse

Out of love will grow, collapse

Something somewhere finally snaps

And I will act, I will act

I’ll never speak without your lead

I’m your shadow, I react

I’ll be the gear between your teeth

When you’re spinning, I react

You are the neutron at light speed

Spring me open, I react

But can I find the zero point I need?

Can I change it all and then take it back?