I Want You

Hey, / you can look, you can look just like anyone else / if that's what you want to do. / I, / I could laugh, I could laugh in your face if I want / oh, but I'm not going to. / ([backing vocals:] ba ba ba ba) / When we met last week on Saturday, / ([backing vocals:] ba ba ba ba) / I couldn't make a sentence, / I couldn't even say / what I meant to say: / that I want you / (it doesn't hurt to say I want you), I need you / (I never thought I'd say I need you), I'll keep you, / oh yes I'll keep you and I'll throw myself away, away, away, / and I'll break you / because I lose myself inside you, I'll make you / fit in the space that I provide you, I'll take you, / oh yes, I'll take you just to push you far away, away, away. / Yes, / yes, you're all, yes you're all that I ever desire, / still I'll kill you in the end. / When, / when it seems, when it seems that it's getting too soft, / when you lapse into a friend, / ([backing vocals:] ba ba ba ba) / There's someone just behind the door / ([backing vocals:] ba ba ba ba) / so don't betray your feelings, / no don't talk anymore, / never dare to say / that I want you / (it doesn't hurt to say I want you), I need you / (I never thought I'd say I need you), I'll keep you, / oh yes I'll keep you and I'll throw myself away, away, away, / and I'll break you / because I lose myself inside you, I'll make you / fit in the space that I provide you, I'll take you, / oh yes, I'll take you just to push you far away, away, away. / Now, / now we come, now we come to the end of it all, / see it squirming, almost dead. / No, / you can't leave, you can't leave it to die here in pain. / You've got to stamp upon it's head. / ([backing vocals:] ba ba ba ba) / I'll go out and you'll stay home / ([backing vocals:] ba ba ba ba) / facing up to living, / living on your own, / and I'll curse my pride, / curse my pride, / curse my stupid pride / because I want you / (it doesn't hurt to say I want you), I need you / (I never thought I'd say I need you), I'll keep you, / oh yes I'll keep you and I'll throw myself away, away, away, / and I'll break you / because I lose myself inside you, I'll make you / fit in the space that I provide you, I'll take you, / oh yes, I'll take you just to push you far away, away, away.

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