Innocence

Bright Eyes June 01, 2004 @ 1:42 p.m.

Bright Eyes

Lover I Don't Have to Love

I picked you out

Of a crowd and talked to you

Said I liked your shoes

You said, "Thanks, can I follow you?"

So it's up the stairs

And out of view, no prying eyes

I poured some wine

I asked your name, you asked the time

Now it's two o'clock

The club is closed and we are up the block

Your hands are on me

Pressing hard against your jeans

Your tongue in my mouth

Trying to keep the words from coming out

You didn't care to know

Who else may have been you before

I want a lover I don't have to love

I want a girl who's too sad to give a fuck

Where's the kid with the chemicals?

I thought he said to meet him here

But I'm not sure

I've got the money

If you've got the time

You said, "It feels good"

I said "I'll give it a try"

Then my mind went dark

We both forgot where your car was parked

Let's just take the train

I'll meet up with the band in the morning

Bad actors with bad habits

Some sad singers, they just play tragic

And the phone's ringing

And the van's leaving

Let's just keep touching

Let's just keep, keep singing

I want a lover I don't have to love

I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk

And where's the kid with the chemicals?

I got a hunger and I can't seem to get full

I need some meaning I can memorize

The kind I have always seems to slip my mind

But you, but you...

You write such pretty words

But life's no storybook

Love's an excuse to get hurt

And to hurt

Do you like to hurt?

I do, I do

Then hurt me

This song is amazing. The lyrics are great, they may be depressing because the concept of having a lover you don't have to love has always said to be wrong but why, why can't you have a fling. I think this band is amazing they talk about shit that most people would say is totally disturbing but I love it. They make a sad song sound happy. The whole CD is great but this song is the best!

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