ist - Freudian Corduroy - Released 2003
Don't Look At Me That Way
This is a song of silence
Comprised of words that I can't sing
There's an air of suppressed violence
And the distance of remembering
All of life's slow motion moments
We failed to hold in crisp freeze frame
The tattered photographic smile
We can't consign unto the flame
Don't look at me that way
There's no heart here for you to break
Don't look at me that way
I'm only trying to stay awake
Shall we retread the old clichés
And pretend that we've never
Uttered a line of this before
Despite the ties we've severed
Fooling ourselves is easy
But we can't fool each other
There is a knife beneath the bed
Of every lover
Don't look at me that way
There's no heart here for you to break
Don't look at me that way
I'm only trying to stay awake
For though it's taken far too long
I know who I am more or less
Dropped all my defences but one
And that's safety in numbness
So I'll avert my eyes from yours
The accusations in your gaze
Still I know I can't walk away
And there can be no higher praise
Don't look at me that way
There's no heart here for you to break
Don't look at me that way
I'm only trying to stay awake
Don't look at me that way
There's no heart here for you to break
Don't look at me that way
I'm only trying to stay awake
(c) 2003 ist
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