You amplify the silence.
I should be numb from your coldness by now,
But I endure.
I liquidate the ice,
In any way I can but the words are lost.
There is no cure.

There's a cord between us,
Despite your attempts to severe it,
Stretched taut, vibrating with pain.
Misunderstanding drops all we gain.
There's got to be a way,
For us to reconcile these emotions.
I can't keep straining against the wind,
Until the jealousy has thinned.

We focus on everything wrong.
Remember how close we've always been?
Now miles apart.
And in the face of anger we still persevered,
Still valued our friendship,
But you froze your heart.

Now I don't even recognise your smile,
I don't feel warmth in your laugh.
I'm not even sure you care about me at all,
Blindly, I do my best not to let you fall.
I can't distance myself from your bullets,
I'll stand in your line of fire until I drop.
Maybe you'll notice the way that I bleed,
Maybe you'll cohere to the truth that I need.

It drains me of colour,
Knowing I hurt you with my existence -
That's not divisible.
It's all too vivid,
Only you can help yourself now.
Isn't that visible?

Don't drag me down to your level of misery,
To create an absence of the envy you feel.
Don't point out all my flaws so you don't think I'm
perfect,
The depth that you despise doesn't go unchecked.
Do you feel secret guilt for the way that you cope?
For crushing me with hatred for my happiness?
So stand up or fall down, you can't always pretend,
Because I need you to remember what it is to be a friend.