Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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 began with the first line?

 In any case it's not mine

 Because these days I can only react

Chorus

I'll never speak without your lead

 And 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 lightspeed

 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?

Chorus

 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

Chorus