Zero Talking

Hey, haven’t you come home?
I’m already here, always waiting at the door
Yeah, I’m excited though
Finally I’ll get to hear your voice once more

Say, you’ve grown taller, right?
See you’ve got a ring and it suits you like a glove
Well, aren’t I so trite
Words like that are meaningless, even if I say “love”

Oh, way back when (oh way back when)
We used to fight back then

Kept bickering (kept bickering) over the smallest things

Looking at the sea, holding hands with you
Way back when the marigolds were in bloom
The sunset we saw, caught in a blur
We can’t ever be the same, sister

As we’ve gotten older, our shoulders got colder
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Still I feel something smolder
Please spare a glance here, Don’t you dare disappear!
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One word is all I want to hear!

There’s no way you’re happy
I know, if you were, you would be talking to me
Well, do so as you please
“Won’t you let me serve you some nice relaxing tea?”
Boiling water, Ceylon, sugar and milk
Enjoy your rationali-Tea
Metal leaves pressed to silk made to help you
Forge them to a sword to protect you and me

And even now, (and even now)
I’m dreaming of your face
I wonder how (I wonder how) we used to smile that way

Somewhere in the golden afternoons we shared
When we found a four leaf clover oh so rare
Can’t you see that, mentally, we’re both still there?
Won’t you notice what you’re hiding, sister?

Both of us are hungry for those words, so trusting
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So don’t turn your back to me!
Please, just speak frankly.  Why won’t you forgive me?
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I crave your voice so desperately!

Oh, just one word won’t hurt!
No
Oh, just one word won’t hurt!
No

So, leaving once again?
Parting like the lovers of the Tanabata fest…
Well, I guess in the end, we’re still human beings, just like all the rest

Ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru (x2)

We were never taught how
To say a final “ciao!”
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Please just close your lips for now
Here, I’ll just do it.  Close your mouth, subdue it
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No more words to misconstrue it!