I WANT SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME

[INTRO]

VERSE 1:
Another lonely murder
You watch the sun bleed out red
As you go round to the start
You've caught up on your reading
And you're fresh out of books
On the shelf that you've made of your heart.

You can ask all the people
That you still call your friends
But you just get the same old excuse
You've been alone in a crowd
Talking to yourself
'Til you walk away thinking 'what's the use?'

CHORUS 1:
I want someone close to me
As far as I can see
I want someone close to me
No one wants this life I lead

I want someone close to me
It's my plan for unity
I want someone close to me
I can't stand the irony

VERSE 2:
So you walk up the stairs
To your mold-covered flat
And tune out the world again
You've been pushing away
Everyone you can't trust
'Cuz they've all become fairweather friends.

When you look back in time
To the days when you had people
Everywhere you wanted to go
The solution my friend
Is to tell everyone
From the start what they need to know.

CHORUS 2:
I want someone close to me
Someone who respects me
I want someone close to me
Who can stand the sight of me

I want someone close to me
Is it such an arduous task?
I want someone close to me
Is it too much to ask?

BRIDGE:
Maybe it used to be too easy
And you've lost the feel for it
You could have been someone else
If you hadn't climbed down into the thick of it.

If you really think about
The way you see the whole world now
You'd see... a ball of hurt covered in scabs
That you can't heal... 'cuz you don't know how.

REFRAIN:
I want someone close to me
I want someone close to me

CHORUS 3:
I want someone close to me
You don't even have to be true
I want someone close to me
Feel free to turn the screw.

I want someone close to me
Do I really have to beg?
I want someone close to me
The things I do to get a little leg...

[OUTRO]

© 2006 Lee Edward McIlmoyle
Etcetera Thesis Music
for the album 'Bisecting a Circumference'