Love Minus Zero/No Limit

My love, she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
But she's true like ice, like fire
People carry roses
Make promises by the hour
My love laughs like a flower
Valentines can't buy her

In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love, she speaks softly
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all