Uncomfortable Silence

Where are all the flowers?

Did they wilt and shrivel inside me

To blend with the leather skin I wear

That masks the tar covered streets

Where do they all go?

Winding like ribbon silk

That old tarmac tapestry

That covers every one of our sins

And I walked a long way home

Left behind a faded smile

And walked right into the emptiness of my home

It covered up my cheeks

And I sat in silence

Conversations in my ears

I'm looking back on the happy returns

Of my birthday card years

Hold out your hands together

I don't need you here forever

Just someone right now

To hold me 'cause I'm broken

Then you can go and leave me

In uncomfortable silence

Wearing out my shoes, treading over diamonds

Ones that pave these broken streets

Ones that carry my dead weight

Now my bed sheets look presentable

And I feel the electric fire's orange glow

And I remember all the drunken promises made

They lie shattered on the floor

And I sit here wanting more

Hold out your hands together

I don't need you here forever

Oh I, Just someone right now

To hold me 'cause I'm broken

Then you can go and leave me

In uncomfortable silence

Underneath my cloudy bloom

Where the tower blocks

They cover up my Moon

I'm so wrapped in your love

Like a baby kicking in it's womb

Oh and you give me the blues

Every time you leave the room

Ooh I

Ooh I

No I

Mmm no I