Known Datum

[Verse 1]
(cold open) *The Elbe froze a week ago.*
(music enters) The Pfunds Molkerei tiles are cold through the glass.
I saw his hand on a different shoulder at quarter past,
A brittle cantilever over the void you trust.

[Pre-Chorus]
And every theory of materials I ever knew
Says this is how the hairline crack runs through.

[Chorus]
Oh, Dresden, tell me what's the load this design can bear?
Is there a blueprint for the silence I'm supposed to share?

[Verse 2]
The sub-bass rattles the condensation on the Späti door.
I'm mapping out the resonant frequencies in the floor.
You sent a picture of the two of you from last July,
He texted back, "'Miss you,' can't wait to fly."

[Pre-Chorus]
And all the acoustic dampening I learned in school
Can't absorb the sound of me playing the fool.

[Chorus]
Oh, Dresden, tell me what's the load this design can bear?
Is there a blueprint for the silence I'm supposed to share?

[Bridge]
Is this the scaffolding that holds the whole thing true?
Or just the outline of a ghost I'm handing back to you?

[Chorus]
Oh, Dresden, tell me what's the load this design can bear!
Is there a blueprint for the silence I'm supposed to share?

[Outro]
A known datum.
The silence to share.