Between Silent Words

(hmmm) Coffee cools down on the sill

Morning moves too quiet and still

I stare at the phone in my hand

Making excuses I barely understand

Footsteps pass outside the door

I look down at the wooden floor

Rehearsing every simple line

Trying to pretend I'm fine

Don't know what to say

When they ask me

am I

ok

I just swallow down the words

And watch them slip away

(slip

away)

Strangers smile out in the hall

I keep my back against the wall

Just nod my head and turn the key

Hoping nobody really looks at me

Footsteps pass outside the door

I don't look up much anymore

Practicing that easy smile

Just to get through a little while

Don't know what to say

When they ask me

am I

ok

I just swallow down the words

And watch them slip away (oh

no,

slip away)

Am I

ok...

I still don't know (ahhhh)