I walk the tightrope

And tell you I love you

Even if you don't

Even if you don't

I'll say the words that I long to hear

"I hold you so dear"

I hold my breath in the moments that follow

Even though you don't

Even though you don't

And then you speak so soft I can't hear a word that

You are saying

(what are you saying?)

She's singing songs of passion

She's singing songs of silence

Her words are bolts of lightning:

"What do you see when you look at me?

Am I the one or am I just another

Androgynous friend in the passing

How weak am I?

When I'm not in your bed

Do I still figure in your head

Do you think of me in the night

When you can't sleep?"

And she's singing:

"I can never be with you"

I walk the tightrope

And tell you I love you

Even if you don't

Even if you don't

I'll say the words that I long to hear

"I hold you so dear"