The Words You Want to Hear

If inside me were a city

With buildings made of words

Then love would be the lava

That buries them unheard

I know you want an answer

When you ask me how I feel

Whether what we have together

Is a dream or if it's real

It must be hard to understand

For one who speaks his heart

How when I look at you

I don't know where to start

Every time I try to say

The way I feel for you

The lava rises up in me

And I don't know what to do

If inside me were a city

With buildings made of words

Then love would be the lava

That buries them unheard

I wake up in the morning

Just to watch you lying there

I spell out with my fingers

Just how much I care

But when you open up your eyes

Words scatter like a dream

And everything I meant to say

Isn't as it seems

One day I know you'll leave me

Because you cannot see

The smoke up on the mountain

Overtaking me

If inside me were a city

With buildings made of words

Then love would be the lava

That buries them unheard

I wish that I could find the words

That you want to hear

The silence that I offer you

Isn't out of fear

I wish that you could come inside

The city where I live

And see my love is bigger than

The words I have to give

No matter what you cannot hear

Or what you cannot see

My love will always burn inside

The city inside me