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by Natalie Merchant


Intro :      

               
take a look at my body 
         
look at my hands 
 
there's so much here 
 
that I don't understand  
 
               
your face saving promises 
              
whispered like prayers 
 
I don't need them 
 
I don't need them  
 
  
I've been treated so wrong 
 
I've been treated so long 
                 
as if I'm becoming untouchable 
 
 
               
contempt loves the silence 
                
it thrives in the dark 
  
with fine winding tendrils 
 
that strangle the heart  
 
            
they say that promises 
           
sweeten the blow 
 
but I don't need them 
 
no, I don't need them  
 
  
I've been treated so wrong 
  
I've been treated so long 
                 
as if I'm becoming untouchable  
 
 
I'm a slow dying flower 
 
frost killing hour 
 
the sweet turning sour 
 
and untouchable  
 

     

 
o, I need 
 
the darkness 

the sweetness 
 
the sadness 

the weakness 
 
I need this  
 
I need 
 
 lullaby 

a kiss goodnight 
 
angel sweet 

love of my life 
 
o, I need this  
 
 
I'm a slow dying flower 
 
frost killing hour 
 
the sweet turning sour 
 
and untouchable  

                 
do you remember the way 
                 
that you touched me before 
 
all the trembling sweetness 
 
I loved and adored?  
 
 
                
your face saving promises 
              
whispered like prayers 
 
I don't need them 
 
no, I don't need them  

Emmm 
o, I need 
 
the darkness 

the sweetness 
 
the sadness 

the weakness 
 
I need this  
 
I need 
 
 lullaby
 
a kiss goodnight 
 
the angel sweet 

love of my life 
 
I need this  
 
 
well is it dark enough?  

can you see me?  
           
do you want me?  

can you reach me?  
   
or I'm leaving  
 
  
and you better shut your mouth 

hold your breath 
                       
kiss me now you'll catch my death 
 
o, I mean this

o, I mean this