And I can't admit I love you I don't think I know the words As graceful as hair in water The arch, the curve And I have kept this buried beneath me Under floorboards and behind walls And I could write it down in lead here It will fade, after all Safe and soundless We slide against the page Scared and motionless Nothing to lose Nothing to gain There is safety in escaping A strike of fear for me to stay And I can hear you whisper In the waves We are little more than a series of letters We're unmarked We're unsent We are neverminds, it doesn't matter We're the spirits the salt has bent Left to tangle across the other And away from what we want Content to simply scatter Have we forgotten where to start? Safe and soundless We slide against the page Scared and motionless Nothing to lose Nothing to gain There is safety in escaping A strike of fear for me to stay And I can hear you whisper In the waves