Small Talk

I see you coming from afar
Lately I’ve been wondering how you are
I can smell the humid air
Like the night we both were there
To say it’s over

Should we shake and hug it out
Should we start an argument and shout
We’re both a little awkward
We don’t know how to act now that we’re over

You used to tell me all your secrets
I used to know your beating heart
But now at night when I lay sleepless
I know we’re strangers when apart

Because all that we can do is small talk
No one says what we think of
And the life that we lived
Passes by in my mind
But only lives in my head

You changed the color of your hair
But I still recognize the clothes you wear
Because I bought you that sweater
weeks before I told you that I loved you
So I ask about your mum
And you just ask if I would like a piece of gum
But I see it in your eyes,
You’re trying so hard not to say ‘I love you’

You used to tell me all your secrets
I used to know your beating heart
But now at night when I lay sleepless
I know we’re strangers when apart

Because all that we can do is small talk
No one says what we think of
And the life that we lived
Passes by in my mind
But only lives in my head
All that we can do is small talk
No one says what we dreamed of
Because it’s all in the past
And we both know we tried
So we leave it unsaid
We leave it unsaid