Deflector

I'm a colorless banner
 Flown at half-mast
 I'm a vessel for
 Last contact
 I'm a secondhand piano
 Incapable of tune
 Providing the score
 For "gone too soon"
 I'll test the water
 I won't dive right in
 That's too personal
 I'm too delicate
 I'll test the water
 I won't dive right in
 I'm not comfortable
 I rarely am
 Been a sideline voyeur, a conscientious deflector
 Been an underpin for something better
 Been a faulty poet, a personal arsonist
 Been a last responder to my own self interest
 Cold-shouldered by design
 Sleeping in on borrowed time
 Lets sing, just one more
 I'm a trapeze act missing contact
 A long way down to the floor
 I'll test the water
 I won't dive right in
 That's too personal
 I'm too delicate
 I'll test the water
 I won't dive right in
 I'm not comfortable
 I rarely am
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 Been a broken record, a conscientious deflector
 Been a sounding board for an absent savior
 Been a faulty poet, an ambivalent nihilist
 A last responder to my own self interest
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 I won't dive right in
 
 I'm too delicate
 I won't dive right in
 
 I'm too delicate
 I'll test the water
 I won't dive right in
 I'm not comfortable
 I rarely am