I Want You


N.B. Please do not read the lyrics whilst listening to the recordings


Hey, you can look just like anyone else,
If that's what you want to do.
I could laugh in your face if I want
But I'm not going to.
When we met last week on Saturday,
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 that I want you.
I need you;
I never thought I'd say I need you.
I'll keep you,
Yes I'll keep you
And I'll throw myself away.
I'll break you
Because I lose myself inside you.
I'll make you fit in the space
That I provide you.
And I'll take you,
Yes, I'll take you
Just to push you far away.

Yes, you're all that I ever desire,
Still, I'll kill you in the end.
When it seems that it's getting too soft
When you lapse into a friend
There's someone just behind the door
So don't betray your feeling
No, don't talk anymore

Never dare to say
That I want you;
It doesn't hurt to say that I want you.
I need you;
I never thought I'd say I need you.
I'll keep you,
Yes I'll keep you
And I'll throw myself away.
I'll break you
Because I lose myself inside you.
I'll make you fit in the space
That I provide you.
And I'll take you,
Yes, I'll take you
Just to push you far away.

Now we come to the end of it all
See it squirming, almost dead.
No, you can't leave it to die here in pain.
You've got to stamp upon its head. So I'll go out and you stay home.
Facing up to living on your own
And I'll curse my pride,
Curse my stupid pride.

Because I want you;
It doesn't hurt to say that I want you.
I need you;
I never thought I'd say I need you.
I'll keep you,
Yes I'll keep you
And I'll throw myself away.
I'll break you
Because I lose myself inside you.
I'll make you fit in the space
That I provide you.
And I'll take you,
Yes, I'll take you
Just to push you far away.


Lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, music by Pulp
From the album Freaks
Also appears on the Countdown Compilation

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