After it was over, after the crying   And all the angry shouting   When we'd both just given up   And you turned and closed the door   I didn't know what was wrong   Anymore than I did before   Maybe it was over   When you stopped trying   Or when I started doubting   Maybe you don't care enough   Maybe I'm just scared you'll go   But maybe what was really wrong   Is that I still don't really know      Talk to me quietly, peacefully   Tell me what to do   Talk to me honestly, don't you see   I need to talk to you   I need to hear that we're okay   And say the things that I meant to say   So talk to me before   Before it's really over      When it all was starting   When I first met you   We couldn't keep from talking   I knew everything you felt   And I felt you knew me too   Now I'm talking to myself   Or I'm just yelling back at you   How this could have happened   How I could lose you   Or you could think to leave me   After where we started from   I'm too dumb I guess to see   But you can't go 'till I do   And you know   You owe that to me      Talk to me quietly, peacefully   I don't wanna fight   Talk to me nice and slow   So I'll know   How to make it right      I'm not afraid to take the blame   I'm just afraid we'll stay the same   And we won't talk until   Until it's really over   I don't understand   Why you're always mad   What could I have done   What could be so bad   Don't you wanna know   Why I never sleep   Look what we've become   From all these secrets that we keep      When it's really over   'cause I can't take it   Or you've walked out   For the last time   When these years are just a dream   And these tears somehow have dried   I can't wake up in my bed   And regret what we never tried   So please don't say it's over   Don't even think it   Just think about the good times   Think of all we've got to lose   And not who's done what to who   And when it comes time to chose   Think of who would still die for you      Talk to me quietly, peacefully   Make me understand   Say what you need to say   Find a way   Take me by the hand   The only thing I ask of you   Is please, for once, just listen too   And talk to me before   Before it's really over   Talk to me   Before it's really over