Nice Voice, Wrong Room

Intro

Verse 1

Correct the joke while the laugh is still warm

Correct the tone, correct the form

Tiny ruler in a pocket of pearls

Measuring people for a smaller world

"I would never," while the never walks in

Sideways, smiling, polishing the sin

Offer help that nobody signed

Then go cold when it's left behind

Pre-Chorus

Every smile has a footnote attached

Every compliment comes with a catch

Sugar on top and a pin in the cream

Nobody's quite as sweet as they seem

(sweet as they seem)

Chorus

Nice voice, wrong room, wrong time

Soft little sermon with a lemon in the rhyme

"No offence" sitting first in the queue

Then the offence comes walking through

(walking through)

Verse 2

Quote a kindness and trim off the end

Pass it round as a warning from a friend

Eyes go wide at a word said plain

Call it vulgar, call it a stain

Meanwhile the quiet one carried the night

No speech, no trophy, no stage, no light

Nice voice finds them anyway

Needs someone smaller just to feel okay

Pre-Chorus

Every smile has a footnote attached

Every compliment comes with a catch

Sugar on top and a pin in the cream

Nobody's quite as sweet as they seem

(sweet as they seem)

Chorus

Nice voice, wrong room, wrong time

Soft little sermon with a lemon in the rhyme

"No offence" sitting first in the queue

Then the offence comes walking through

(walking through)

Bridge

Not a villain, not a plot, not a ghost at the door

Just a manner that keeps asking for more

More soft, more small, more people in line

Nice as a hobby, mean by design

Final Chorus

Sweet little voice, but the room won't kneel

Nobody's buying the lemon and honey deal

So keep your "no offence" for a softer crowd

Here we laugh, and we laugh out loud

(laugh out loud)

Outro

Nice voice fading down the hall

Room gets louder after all