Beardfish - Tightrope

From the album Mammoth, released in 2011.

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