unsaid

Left my home and a best friend

The places I could hide

For a city of six lane highways

And lots of traffic lights

But I'm trying to grow roots here

Keep my feet on the ground

But sirens swim and circle

The shore that I have found

Well it's only been a few months

And I can't tell the difference

Was I happy in the quiet?

All the open-handed distance

From the people and their parties

Where no one really talks

Distracting from the thought of you

And all those late night walks

'Cause if I don't call you up

Then I don't have to feel down

And if I don't say I miss you

Then you never have to be around

If I don't say I love you

Then you don't have to love me

See how simple

The unsaid keeps things?

And Lucy gave me a reading

King of cups and queen of wands

And in the middle, a perfect picture

Of everything I want

And I laugh 'cause it makes sense

But something leaves me feeling wrong

I know you're not a perfect picture

But my heart, it won't shut off

'Cause if I don't call you up

Then I don't have to feel down

And if I don't say I miss you

Then you never have to be around

If I don't say I love you

Then you don't have to love me

See how simple

The unsaid