Talk About Anything

You ask if I locked the front door / I say I checked it twice / You ask if I want some water / I say, No, I'm fine / There's a receipt on the bedside table / From somewhere we never go / You pick it up and read the total / Like either of us needs to know / You tell me your sister called / I tell you about my train / We discuss the neighbor's new dog / Then talk about the weather again / You turn the lamp a little lower / I turn my phone face down / There's something sitting between us / But neither one says it out loud / Talk about anything / Talk about anything / Tell me what you had for lunch / Tell me something I don't need / Talk about anything / Until we run out of things / Because if we say what we came here to say / We might not sleep / You ask if I'm tired / I say I've had a long week / You tell me tomorrow is busy / I say we should leave early / You reach across for the charger / Your fingers brush against mine / Neither one of us moves first / Neither one of us asks why / Talk about anything / Talk about anything / Tell me what you had for lunch / Tell me something I don't need / Talk about anything / Until we run out of things / Because if we say what we came here to say / We might not sleep / (Anything) / (Anything) / Do you remember last December? / Which part? / The part where we stopped making plans / I remember / Then why haven't we talked about it? / I don't know / That's the problem / (Do you want to say it?) / (Not tonight) / (Do you want to say it?) / (Not tonight) / Talk about anything / Talk about anything / Tell me what you had for lunch / Tell me something I don't need / Talk about anything / Until we run out of things / Because if we say what we came here to say / We might not sleep / Talk about anything / Keep the television on / Tell me something funny / Tell me where we went wrong / Talk about anything / Just give us one more hour / Because saying what we both know / Makes it real somehow / You should get some sleep / Yeah / Goodnight / Goodnight / (Neither moves)