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Imagine the sound of your tears
That somehow refuse to fall
And you try to cry
But not even a breath comes out

And for some reason
The sound of the cars outside fade away
Followed by the leaves and even the wind

Until all that’s left
Is the sound of your heart faintly beating

What is the sound of one heart breaking
It’s when you open your lips,
About to speak
But then the words just get swept away with the wind

And no matter how much you wanted to say
To fight for what you feel
You somehow resign to the fact
That you’ve already lost

It is the sound of yourself trying to breathe
But you somehow can’t
And the walls of your heart
Start closing in
And your eyes simply refuse to produce tears
And your voice can’t even produce a single cry

And in the silence
You hear your hand
As it lands on the sheets
And your knees
As they touch the floor

And after all your outlets betray you
You know that this is worse than dying
That is the sound
Of one heart breaking

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1999