Still Singing (Fallout Theme Song Challenge Submission)

Verse 1

Talking to myself now, counting cans on a shelf,

Rationing the water, rationing myself.

Your name still fits my mouth the same shape it used to,

I say it to the empty channel just to hear it come through.

Pre-Chorus

The counter's clicking slower near the broken frame,

I trace the tune we danced to, I still remember the name.

Chorus

So I'm talking to myself again,

Practicing your answers like I might hear them.

Whistling half a melody nobody wrote down,

Just to prove this street was once a town.

Setting out two plates out of habit, not for show,

Talking to myself, 'cause it's the one thing I still know.

Verse 2

Found your old compact mirror underneath the stairs,

Powder cracked and flaking, but the hinge still catches light somewhere.

I practice how you laughed at things I said,

Get the pitch wrong every time, keep trying anyway instead.

Pre-Chorus

The signal drops out right before the needle skips,

I fill it in myself — I know that part, at least I know it.

Chorus

So I'm talking to myself again,

Practicing your answers like I might hear them.

Whistling half a melody nobody wrote down,

Just to prove this street was once a town.

Setting out two plates out of habit, not for show,

Talking to myself, 'cause it's the one thing I still know.

Bridge

Maybe you were never coming back this way,

Maybe I've known that since the second day.

But the shelf still has two cups, side by side,

And I'm not ready yet to put one aside.

Final Chorus

So I'm talking to myself tonight,

Practicing your answers, getting some almost right.

Whistling half a melody nobody wrote down,

Enough to prove this street was once a town.

Setting out two plates out of habit, not for show,

Talking to myself — it's the one thing I still know.

[Spoken] "This music was created by DiscoPrincess -- Royalty of the night"