[walls]

Here in the corner of this restaurant
You weren't looking up as I talked
I'll pretend that I'm also on my phone
Got a message? Leave it at the tone

I hoped to catch your eye
Tried not to feel mortified
We're merely inches apart
But there's so much distance

Oh I've dropped so many hints
And all the writing's on the walls
On the outside looking in
It's like you never tried at all
If I have to spell out what I mean
Then it just wouldn't be your call
Needed you to be on my team
Instead you made me feel so small

I've stepped into a foriegn land
Speaking a language I don't understand
You say everything with ambiguity
Didn't know you got into photography

It's a lovely photograph
But I can't find the strength to laugh
We've mastered the art
Of creating resistance

Oh I've dropped so many hints
And all the writing's on the walls
On the outside looking in
It's like you never tried at all
If I have to spell out what I mean
Then it just wouldn't be your call
Needed you to be on my team
Instead you made me feel so small

Settled in the house
Lying on your couch
My head's on your pillow
But my sight's out the window
No point for me to wait
For you to say my name
Take myself out your screenplay
Act like I wanted it this way

I think of days in the beginning
When you were so enthralled
The moments I catch you staring
You loved the challenge of it all
So when I stopped keeping you waiting
Another trophy on your wall
If you even bothered asking
I was in for the long haul