“Silent Silhouette” ©
2005 Zac Lasher
“What’s your story?” she said.
Well you call that a line?
Maybe eloquence like that
Would make another kind pine.
And while that homemade dress
Reveals more than your wits,
I’m simply not the type to fall
For such empty bull shit.
Still you give me the look
Yeah, you give me the sign
Every inch of your flesh
Is burning up for mine
And the way that you shake
Is really making me sweat
I’ve got some moves for your curves
But I’m a silent silhouette
And I’m watching you watching me from afar
There’s a magnetic field
Slowly drawing you in
From across the room you’re captured
And the games begin
You do a trick with your hip
A flick of your hair
You soar above the floor
To catch a secret stare
Held by my eyes, you’re finally here
But the polarity shifts, you quickly disappear
So a long hard look is all that you get
We could have changed each other’s lives tonight
But I’m a silent silhouette
I feel you
I see it in the silent way
You flash your eyes and shine like an angel
And so I release you
I figure, if it’s meant to be we’ll meet again
‘Cause when I see that sweet surrender in my lovers
eyes
How am I to be?
‘Cause when I sing my song again her inner light subsides
The fantasy fractures
On a fault line I can’t mend
So I bide my time
And I sit on my hands
Until I find you’re in the arms of another man
Another sacrifice made
Another pleasure denied
I can play with the best
But I am lost inside
So I relinquish my pride
Before my imminent fall
A brittle balance is maintained
No I can’t have it all
Then I remind myself
That I’m not nearly done yet
But in the meantime I remain
A silent silhouette
