the rat within the grain (damien rice)

i wouldn’t want you to want to be wanted by me.

This would not have happened if I hadn’t missed my plane
I would’ve been there when they told you I’m the rat within the grain
Within this big misunderstanding now I’m being misunderstood
I’m thinking someone’s trying to fuck with me and set fire to my wood

I wouldn’t want you to want to be wanted by me
I wouldn’t want you to worry you’d be drowned within my sea
I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful, it’s true
In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you

It’s a stupid situation now where everything goes wrong
If you can’t tell if I am lying, then you do not belong
In my bed.
Go rest your head upon the bones of a bigger man
He can cover you with rock wool
And you can close up like a clam.

Because I wouldn’t want you to want to be wanted by me
I wouldn’t want you to worry you’d be drowned within my sea
I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful it’s true
In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

So go play with your piano, write a mediocre song
About this shell of mediocrity and pretend there’s nothing wrong
I never thought you were a chickenshit; I never thought of you at all
Until you ask me to be part of it
Now you’re showing me your wall.

I wouldn’t want you to want to be wanted by me
I wouldn’t want you to worry you be drowned within my sea
I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful it’s true
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

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