The Replacement Hypothesis (Rebound Love)

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I kissed someone with the right height and the wrong laugh
A controlled experiment with a sample size of one
I held his hand like I was testing a replacement
And graded him on metrics he had never agreed upon

He said my name correctly which was almost enough
He liked the restaurant I picked which was the one you hated
I built a evening out of opposites of you
And called it moving on and wasn't even complicated

[Chorus]
The hypothesis was simple
Substitute the variable and solve
But the new mouth tastes like research
And my conclusion is I haven't grown at all

[Verse 2]
He texted back in minutes which should count for something
He asked me real questions like he meant to hear the end
I wore the dress I bought to make somebody jealous
And forgot which somebody by the time I got to ten

The candles worked the music worked the wine was working
Everything was functioning inside the normal range
But functioning is not the same as feeling
And normal range is just a prettier word for strange

[Chorus]
The hypothesis was simple
Substitute the variable and solve
But the new mouth tastes like research
And my conclusion is I haven't grown at all

[Bridge]
I went home and measured what was missing
Ran the numbers twice and got the same
Dopamine will light up for a stranger
But the receptor still remembers your specific name

[Outro]
He deserved to be the experiment he wasn't
I deserved to be the scientist I'm not
Somewhere between the appetizer and the door
I forgot which one of us I was trying to forgot