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There’s half a moment

Between the drinks and the deck

And I think you noticed

But there’s no time to check

The shadows, the lights make

Estranged and abstract

And you make a joke

Just to watch me react

And I could choke to death

On the words that I don’t say

I could drown in the thoughts

That I don’t give away

It’s a trial, it’s a told

It’s a tease, living in fantasies

Is anybody noticing?

I stand in a shadow

The party goes on

I move to the light

And your shadow’s gone

There’s a breath I took

That I’ll never get back

And there’s a film in my head

That’s fading to black

And I could choke to death

On the words that I don’t say

I could drown in the thoughts

That I don’t give away

It’s a trial, it’s a told

It’s a tease, living in fantasies

Is anybody noticing?

There’s half a moment

When you’re saying goodnight

And you leave her shadow

And appear in the light

You make a joke

That I don’t understand

'Cause I’m brought up short

By the warmth of your hand

And I could choke to death

On the words that I don’t say

I could drown in the thoughts

That I don’t give away

It’s a trial, it’s a told

It’s a tease, living in the fantasies

Living in the fantasies

Is anybody noticing?