Say that I'm a tool
Call me an idiot, a fool
Say you've had more than you can take.
But say something for heaven's sake!

Call me a liar, a cheater, a louse.
Tell me I'm less a man than a mouse.
I'll agree, you know I will,
Then why are you so quiet still?

Say that I don't deserve you,
or anyone else for that matter.
Tell me there's none worse,
Among all the other.
Say I'm a bastard, a creep and a turd!
Give me something, a sentence, a word!

Your infinite silence is like nuclear winter
I'm freezing to death.
You can hear my teeth, and see my breath.
A word from you would set fire in my heart.
Then throw me a hissing match,
for I can't bear another silent dart.

I'm keeping my ears open, and my mouth shut.
I seem to be very good at that.
I long for your words and nothing but.
It is my soul that with your silence you cut.

The sun had set, and once again has risen and shone,
and I didn't even realize you had gone.