By Speak I Mean...

Free verse lyrics set to some tune I've forgotten by now.

It seems like ages since we last spoke
And by speak I mean exchanging harried voices
Heavy breathing, shuddered words, excited whispers
Muttered in the dark

You'd think that for all the thoughtless comments
The heartless confessions and mirthless pleasure
I'd stop and mention your name to myself
But no instead I say it aloud and you stop

Everything I've known
To be true about love and lust
Are turned around and shook about
And replaced in my head

Everything I've known
To be true about love and lust
I learned from you
And learned and learned, relearned again

It still has been ages since we last spoke
And by speak I mean...