When you use that silken voice of yours
It tugs at every heartstring in my undeserving heart
(Want, need, crave)
You gently, tenderly pluck at the strings
And make my chest sting with want (with want, no, with need)
(Want, need, crave)

Against my loneliness
Your voice is sandpaper
It hurts to hear it because it doesn't soothe
As it smoothes over the rough
And jagged edges of my need and isolation
(Want, need, crave)

Making me damn near desperate to understand you
It sounds like you carefully selected the word
Of which I can't understand
But your words fall on deaf ear
Make my heart bleed even more
I ache to understand (Want, need, crave)

I press my fingertips to your lips
You know you won't ever my voice
(Want, need, crave)
But will you teach me, help me understand
What it is you are telling me, I wish to know
(Want, need, crave)

Anguish rolls off you in waves
I lean in to steal it away with a kiss
You reply with a moment of desperation
And pull me closer to you
I hold onto you tightly
It helps ease the thought of being an island

When I understand
Promise you'll tell me again?
When you teach me
Promise you'll tell me again?
Please left me the center of your world

If only for a little bit longer…