The Way You Deserve [lyrics]

It’s all been said and done;

The actions you’ve come to expect.

I can’t shake you awake

I won’t wash off of your skin

In your head again

You’re in your head again

What’s loving with no want?

What’s time spent with no gain?

What’s good times with no calm?

What’s marriage with no faith?

In your head again

You’re in your head again

Severed tongues in my mouth

One speaks of wants, yours of disdain

Like a punished child, I chew it all up,

Swallowing wholly accepted blame

Look at the shifted toys, look at my tickled nape

Look at my softened smile, 

look at my wanted gaze

Here’s another gift of silence

When all you want is noise

I can’t love you the way you deserve

In your head again

You’re in your head again

What’s loving with no want?

What’s time spent with no gain?

What’s good times with no calm?

What’s marriage with no faith?

All of this redemption with none of the suffering

Twenty years of favoritism and idolatry

I don’t want this, but I’ll be your choice

Here’s another gift of silence

When all you want is noise

I can’t love you the way you deserve

Not a mother’s love

Or a lover’s want

Just a spotlighted shove

Of a sexual debutante, debutante