Cliché Words

I love you, three words that all men and women know
The shock has left, the appreciation is gone
We use it for goodbyes, for our fifth best friend
They're just words, with lifeless meaning
Before in a time when the old were young
Maybe it meant more; maybe it meant anything at all
Three words that sicken me to the core
Yet
It's all I can say, breathless
When I think of you.