Talk to me

Not too long ago when we were one,
everything was great, at least in my mind.
But now we measure words,
we calculate the silences between us.
And the weight of those silences
is killing us.

Not too long ago when we were one,
life was like a dream, it really was.
But now we're both awake
and the dream is lost in the mist...
Was it something we did,
or something we missed?

Talk to me!
Do you think I'll fall to pieces?
Do you think that I don't know
that you really want to go...

Talk to me!
I won't let you off so easy
I want to hear you say it
So that there is no mistake...

Oh, I see you look at me with those eyes
and they say
what you're too afraid to say

Oh, I don't think you realize
how they say
more than words can ever say...

But not too long ago when we were one
the only games we played were really fun
but now we toss and turn
we watch each other wither and burn
this is not the way that either
of us will learn
to love again...

Talk to me!
That used to be so easy...
Didn't you always say
that I was your only friend?

Talk to me!
Do you think I'll fall to pieces?
Don't you think I understand
that it's out of our hands?

Carmen Colombo
October 1997