Broken Silence

We don’t fight anymore.

That’s how I knew something changed.

You used to slam the door When you couldn’t find the words

Now you close it quietly And somehow that hurts worse You ask

me how my day was

I give you the usual reply

We keep performing normal

For reasons neither can define

I’ve been counting every silence Every answer cut in two If there’s

something left between us Then let me hear it from you

SAY SOMETHING REAL!

Even if it hurts tonight

I don’t need another reason I don’t need another lie

SAY SOMETHING REAL! Give me something I can hold If we’re standing

at the ending

Don’t leave me here alone

Your keys are by the doorway Your suitcase isn’t packed But I’ve

learned that leaving Doesn’t always look like that There’s a photograph behind

you From a night we can’t recreate

Funny how we looked so certain Before certainty became

the weight I’ve been counting every silence Every answer cut in two

If there’s nothing left between us Then let me hear it from

you

SAY SOMETHING REAL!

Even if it hurts tonight I don’t need another reason I don’t

need another lie

SAY SOMETHING REAL! Give me something I can hold If we’re standing

at the ending

Don’t leave me here alone

Maybe we don’t need forgiveness Maybe we don’t need to blame

Maybe two people can love each other And still walk separate ways

Then say it!

Say it clearly!

Don’t make me guess!

NO MORE QUESTIONS! NO MORE “MAYBE!” (say it now) NO MORE WAITING

FOR A SIGN! IF YOU’RE LEAVING— SAY YOU’RE LEAVING!

AND I’LL FINALLY KNOW WHERE I STAND!

SAY SOMETHING REAL!

Even if it hurts tonight

Let the truth come without warning

Let it finally draw the line SAY SOMETHING REAL!

I can handle what you choose

I’d rather hear you say goodbye

Than keep losing you in rooms

We don’t fight anymore.

That’s how I knew.

You were already gone.