How Was Your Day, by the Way?

In the company of friends, she keeps a dress rehearsal smile Small talk seems so normal after a while 'Til she found herself another lover living left of the dial Who she thought would someday tidy up and meet her down the aisle But she was falling faster And he couldn't catch her No matter what she wanted him to say Was it I love you to wake up to? Or affection to publicly display? No, it's not that tall an order, buddy No, no, no, just How was your day, by the way? She was lying in the bathtub with the water running thin And the pills on the windowsill looked like they wanted to take a swim With the lines of the years of silent pain cracked along her skin And the moon beamed down, mocking them with its patronizing grin But she was falling faster And he couldn't catch her No matter what she wanted him to say Was it I'm there for you when you're feeling blue? Or sentiments that border on cliché? Oh, it's not that complicated No, no, no, just How was your day, by the way?