08) I Will Not Give You What You Want

I don't care if your roses are for me.
If your roses are for me,
you may's well throw them in the sea.
It's really just a waste to leave them 'round my place.
I haven't left the kind of space inside you need.

And I don't care if you see my other side.
If you see my other side,
then I have nothing left to hide,
and if I scare you away I can get on with my day
without the risk of letting someone else inside,

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and I will not give you what you want.
No, I will not give you what you want.
No, I will not give you what you want from me.

I don't care if you look the other way.
If you look the other way,
we have said all we need to say
and I can just get on with singing my sad songs
and tending to the past before it rots away.

And I don't care if you leave me on my own.
If you leave me on my own,
then I don't have to face unknowns.
I don't like to share when I'm playing solitaire.
It really is a game you have to play alone.

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Why do you keep on coming by to try to set me free?
I hear the things you're trying to say,
but I will not take the key,
no matter how many you leave,
so why believe?

'cause I don't care that you're holding out your hand.
If you keep holding out your hand,
I will just slap it down again.
I'm tired of being told to come in from the cold.
I'm dressed for it. I've no desire to join the band.

And I don't care if you think that's pretty sad.
If you think that's pretty sad,
well, then you get it, and I'm glad.
Just leave me here to soak.
We'll forget that you just spoke.
It takes all my concentration just to feel this bad.

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(Photo: Rianne de Vaan)

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