Not a Drop

You'd say "Right" before I finished Like the rest was wasting time You'd throw one word back and laugh Then tell me I'd missed the point "That's just how it is," you said Never needed much explaining Someone next to you laughed once You looked over. I saw that. Now you stop before you answer Now you check the room first You never needed that much time When the question wasn't yours NOT A DROP! Not a drop of sympathy NOT FOR YOU! No, you don't get that from me You had plenty to say back then Say it again now it's your turn Don't give me that face now Call it fair now that it's yours Now it's "I mean..." before each answer Funny, you never paused back then Now it's "complicated," "taken wrong" Every answer starts with "maybe" Your voice is lower than I remember That's the first thing that I noticed Those short, certain little sentences Got longer when they reached your name Now you start with "what I meant was" Then you slow the whole thing down Never heard you choose your words Till your name came up NOT A DROP! Not a drop of sympathy NOT FOR YOU! No, you don't get that from me You had plenty to say back then Say it again now it's your turn Don't give me that face now Call it fair now that it's yours I'm not asking you to feel bad I'm not here to make this nice Don't hand me your softer version Like I wasn't standing there You knew exactly how you said it You knew who had to sit and take it You gave it a name when it was me Use the same one for yourself NOT A DROP! Not a drop of sympathy NOT FOR YOU! No, you don't get that from me You had plenty to say back then Say it again now it's your turn You gave it a name when it was me Use the same one for yourself Not a drop That face won't work on me