Talk in Circles
Mark Starling
You say it's nothing, but you look away
Bite your lip like there's more you won't say
You speak in riddles, half-truths, and sighs
And I chase your meaning like it's always just behind
I learned your language just to find
Every word's a warning sign
You build the walls while asking me in
Say: Stay close: Then say nothing again
We talk in circles, always spinning
I ask the question, you start grinning
Like it's some kind of game, some test I'll fail
I try to hold you, but I chase my tail
We talk in circles, round and hollow
Each word you give me's hard to follow
I came for truth, you gave me smoke
Now I'm choking on the things you never spoke
You leave the lights on but lock the door
Say you're open but I've been here before
Every time I get a little too close
You slip through my fingers like a half-formed ghost
You ask for trust like it's a dare
But disappear when I get there
And every conversation ends
With more loose threads than it begins
We talk in circles, never landing
You speak in stars I'm not understanding
You say: Maybe like it means no
But you smile like I should still go
We talk in circles, tired and tense
This house we built makes no damn sense
I came for love, you gave me clues
But left me guessing what I'm supposed to lose
Maybe it's safer for you this way
To hide in words you'll never say
But I've been burning for something true
And I'm done getting lost in you
We talk in circles, it's a maze
Where I forget your face in the haze
I knock, you vanish, I plead, you joke
And I'm breaking on the things you never spoke
I came in whole, I'm leaving thin
I still don't know where you've been
We talk in circles, and I fall through
Because I can't decode the truth in you
I came for truth, you gave me smoke
I can't decode the truth in you
Just talk in circles