Deflector

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 Lets 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