I yelled "I love you" off a cliff
My voice echoed and contorted
Until I could no longer recognize it as my own
The meaning was lost
All that remained was a vague ringing
And I think that's what you hear
When I tell you that I love you
I think everyone before me
Everyone you let in close
Said the words
And now that I'm saying them
The meaning is contorted
Because everyone before me
Carved a cliff out of your heart
And I am yelling off of it
But the echoes twist
The echoes change
And the ringing remains
I'm sitting here speaking to you
And I know the words go right through
As if these words of mine
Are only ghosts
My ghost words and I
We love you
And if it takes a thousand nights of haunting
We will reach you from beyond the grave of love
Because, darling, I don't need you to love me
I don't even need you to care
I need you to know that I'm not lying
I need you to know that I love you
Yes, I am being selfish
Because my days of being selfless ended
When I found myself in you
So here I am, shouting off the cliff
Waiting for the echoes to reflect my message