Passionate Reply

Suddenly you find

Yourself walking for a long time

Your back's to the wall

But now you must go

Painting scenes from magazines

Sucking breath from nicotine

Standing tall against the crowd we sigh

Taking turns on telephones

Living lives in other homes

Listening for the passionate replies

Suddenly we find

Ourselves talking for a long time

Our voices are low

But now you must know

Giving all you have to give

Taking all you've got to live

Plotting all mistakes along the way

Find it hard to take it all

Reading names on other walls

Writing down the words you tried to sing