I wasn’t looking for it when you came back into my head
What have I done to make me want so badly what I can’t have
When just the passing thought of you becomes my only thought
I feel it consume me till I am cold as once was hot
While I make myself an idol of hazard and desire, the night gets deeper, cold gets colder, and I’m running out of fire. The lights aren’t working in this big old house. Got to light a match; am I the ash that remains when flame expires
I know I’m lost
I’m looking the wrong way
I want something costing more than I would ever dare to pay
How do I satisfy this burning need
Against most odds, against the norm, against good will; against the law handed down and written on our faithful hearts – I am drawn to you
You are on to me
If not these words, the law, the love; if not the spirit, if not our lives and factors we can’t change
I’d be gone for you
I’d hold on for you
I know I’m lost
I’m looking the wrong way
I want something costing more
Than I would ever dare to pay
How do I satisfy this burning need
And what’s the use of writing about it with all my heart, when there’s no way, no better way to aspire to
I feel the waves roar through my heart at just the thought that I’m the tempest inside you, too
Now I wonder if you see me – do I ever come to mind
A faint regress on an autumn’s day or a flicker in the night
What lies beyond that conscious change of thought
Point of no return
We’ll never learn
Good for you, my dear; good for me, I guess; we may have failed on a dream but I think I’ve passed the test
And though I am without you, I’m still compelled to count you among the ones who are like the one I’d like, the one I long to be with someday
I know I’m lost
I’m looking the wrong way
I want something costing more
Than I would ever dare to pay
How do I satisfy this burning need
And what’s the use
And what’s the use
What’s the use
credits
from Most of It Is True,
released October 15, 2005
Written by Rachel Zylstra
Recorded at Red Wall Studio, Midland, MI
Rachel Zylstra: vocals, keys
Kyle Willett: guitar, bass, drums, cheese grater
Produced by Kyle Willett and Rachel Zylstra
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