Silent Treatment
Lips Lyrics

You're on your own
You are alone in this situation.

I'd like to come meet you and walk you home
I wish to offer my support and companionship by walking you home.

But instead I'll stay away
However, I will refrain from intervening.

Seems that that's all that you want these days
It appears you desire solitude, and that is what you are receiving.

The light's gone out
Our relationship has lost its brightness and intensity.

I feel like I'm crawling around in the dark
I am lost and confused because of your lack of communication.

When you don't say what you mean
Your silence or dishonesty is causing misunderstandings and problems.

It's clear that we're falling apart at the seams
Our relationship is disintegrating due to the lack of honesty and communication.

How can you hold me while feeding me lies?
I do not understand how you can continue to be affectionate while deceiving me.

How could you be keeping all these secrets buried deep inside?
I am confused and hurt by your unwillingness to open up and share your thoughts and feelings.

Why can't you see that you push me away?
Your behavior is causing distance and a lack of emotional connection between us.

I'm getting further with every word that you forget to say
The more you withhold or lie, the more distant I become.

The pull is gone
The attraction between us has vanished.

I don't know why I'm still holding on
Despite the issues, I am still trying to make the relationship work.

I can't read your mind
I cannot understand your thoughts and emotions without proper communication.

I'm hoping that things will improve with time
I am optimistic that our issues can be worked through and our relationship can improve in the future.

I saw you veering off the road
I noticed you behaving erratically or wrongly.

(Why do you act this way?)
(I am questioning why you behave in this manner.)

I couldn't carry on alone
I cannot continue to try and make the relationship work by myself.

(Throwing my love away)
(Your behavior is causing me to feel like you are disregarding my affection.)

I never asked for a reason
I never demanded an explanation or justification for your actions.

Instead I chose to hope that I had things wrong
I hoped that perhaps I was mistaken about the issues in our relationship.

And that things would somehow turn around
I clung to the hope that our issues could be resolved and our connection would improve.

But how can you hold me while feeding me lies?
I am still perplexed by your ability to be physically affectionate while being dishonest.

How could you be keeping all these secrets buried deep inside?
I am frustrated and hurt by your reluctance to share your innermost thoughts and feelings with me.

(Buried deep inside)
(Your secrets and lies are troubling and causing damage to our relationship.)

Why can't you see that (why can't you see that) you push me away? (Push me away)
I am pleading with you to recognize how your actions, or lack thereof, are hurting the relationship and causing separation.

I'm getting further with every word that you forget to say (forget to say)
The more you withhold or hide, the more we drift apart and the harder it is to reconnect.

(Talk to me, talk to me) how can you hold me?
(I urge you to please communicate with me so that we can work on our relationship.)

(Talk to me, talk to me) how can you hold me?
(I need you to talk to me and express yourself honestly so that we can rebuild our connection.)