Never Needed

I can't decipher the messages in your eyes
but I can tell you think they've been received
I caught the truth cuddling up to the lies
Beneath a blanket of dreams that I'd like to believe in
But you never let me sleep in

If I were braver, I'd tell you that I stay awake to watch you sleep
and even in the next room I can feel you breathe
and I envy every breath that fills your lungs
'cuz you need air like you never needed me
you never needed me

You speak a language of furtive sideways glances
but fail to realize that I never learned to translate
Your voice is unwilling to take any more chances
and silence is too selfish to give anything away


But if I was braver, I'd tell you that I stay awake to watch you sleep
and even in the next room I can feel you breathe
and I envy every breath that fills your lungs
'cuz you need air like you never needed me
you never needed me