[Verse 1]
Orange halos on the bathroom tile
Little gods in a pharmacy file
Take the edge off, shave the nerves down clean
Now the panic hums on a lower frequency

Got a dead-bolt smile and a fresh white tee
Look how well this chemical wears me
No screaming fit, no scene to clean
Just a nice calm corpse where the mess used to be

[Pre-Chorus]
Cut the fuse
Kill the flare
Make me something people can bear

[Chorus]
Everybody loves you when you don’t react
When you shut the fuck up and you keep it flat
When your eyes go glass and your jaw stays set
Everybody loves you when you don’t react

Call it peace, call it growth, call it getting well
It’s just hell with a softer shell
Keep me tame, keep me numb, keep me housebroken black
Everybody loves you when you don’t react

[Verse 2]
Now the bad news lands and it barely dents
Just a dull little thud in the vents
Every kiss tastes dry, every laugh sounds fake
Like the room’s held up with cheap duct tape

I can sit real still through the family shit
Nod on cue like I’m over it
I don’t scare anybody now
Ain’t that sweet? Ain’t that fucked somehow?

[Pre-Chorus]
Cut the wire
Mute the rage
Make me safe enough for the cage

[Chorus]
Everybody loves you when you don’t react
When you shut the fuck up and you keep it flat
When your eyes go glass and your jaw stays set
Everybody loves you when you don’t react

Call it peace, call it grace, call it getting clean
I’m just sanded down to a usable thing
Keep me tame, keep me numb, keep me held intact
Everybody loves you when you don’t react

[Bridge]
No more blood in the throat
No more teeth in the truth
Just a chemical hush
Sewn over the bruise

They don’t want the storm
They want the stain washed back
Something pretty to touch
That won’t touch back

[Breakdown]
Sand me down
Strip me thin
Make me easy on the company skin
Calm me down
Keep me sweet
Till there’s nothing mean left underneath

[Final Chorus]
Everybody loves you when you don’t react
When you swallow the spit and you don’t fight back
When you bite your tongue till it turns pitch black
Everybody loves you when you don’t react

Call it healing, call it light, call it God’s own plan
I’m just barely enough to pass as a man
Keep me polished, keep me dull, keep me tight-lipped, cracked
Everybody loves you when you don’t—
Everybody loves you when you don’t react

[Outro]
Orange halos in the mirrored glow
Tiny suns making dead things look whole