If I only had a hundred words a day

Then please would be 98

And the other two, ‘be patient’

And if I only knew all my limitations

A hundred words would do

And each one would be ‘baby’

Come save me

 

And I'll just be waiting

  

Coz I need you

To call

You see me through

I'll just listen to you breathing

  

I saved them all

For you

When we commune

No words are really needed

  

And when my luck comes in and my numbers line up

You know I play to win

But I'm never shouting bingo

And if I'm out of words

Coz the day just felt relentless

I don’t need to talk

To see a thousand pictures

I'll just be listening

 

Coz I need you

To call

You see me through

I'll just listen to you breathing

 

I saved them all

For you

When we commune

No words are really needed

  

I'm the late-night interpreter at the bottom of your screen, pointing manically at collapsing scenery to save a scream

All we ever were and all we’ll ever be in a hundred words or less

I saved them all for you

When you look at me like that

My stomach falls to its death in yellow arthouse subtitles

Take the ‘think’ out of ‘I think I love you’ and leave my doubts unexpressed

Kitchen sink, death of the dictionary, bereft

I'm at a sham wedding and I can’t afford to object

I'll just give you all the words I have left

  

Coz I need you

To call

You see me through

I'll just listen to you breathing

 

I saved them all

For you

When we commune

No words are really needed