I See You, You See Me, But Why Can't I speak

I see you,
You see me
But then why...
Why can't I speak?

I reach out
You reach out
But then why...
Why can't you catch me?

You know my pain,
I know yours,
Yet we can't understand it,
When we're by ourselves.

I see you cry,
I want to wipe away your tears
But you push me back,
Afraid that I can't.

This hurts you,
And it hurts me,
So why do we try,
Why don't we just leave?

The tears don't help,
They make this worse,
I can't tell you this,
But I wish I could.

This troubles you,
It troubles me,
And yet there is nothing...
Nothing we can do about it.

But I see you,
And you see me,
So why then...
Why can't I speak?