Mock love honesty game

We're living as an open warning:
never try this at home.
Here's to love,
wherever you are!
Say a word and see it lifeless there,
suspended mid-air.
We make demands or we make for the door.

Why don't we say what we've wanted to say,
or why don't we say why we won't?
Or why don't you say what you want me to say,
and why don't you say what you don't?

Nothing's something we can't get enough of, as if it were anything.
To the lies we told,
whatever they were!

Maybe I could see my wife there,
hidden away in your face.
They say the way we send up love is a sordid disgrace.
While we're playing two together,
we could tally a score
two points for truth,
and three for epiphany.

Why don't we say what we've wanted to say,
or why don't we say why we won't?
Or why don't you say what you want me to say,
and why don't you say what you don't?
I can just say what I've wanted to say,
or else I can say why I won't.

You can just say what you want me to say,
and then you can say what you don't.
We can just say what we've wanted to say.