Say It

If I tell you what I really want, you just say shut up You don't really want to hear it, no I try to be resolute, you reduce it down to cute I tell you you're a coward, you say I'm a prostitute When the mascara's dried I know you've got something to hide Can't you just say it, say it, say it, say it one time Speak your mind, ooh Say it, say it, say it, always show up with someone else What's it like when you're yourself? I'll tell you what I want, but I keep it kind of cryptic I'm a zoetrope cipher on the tip of a triptych Tell you what you want Tell you what I need, but I'll hate you if you miss it I'd like to take a stranger’s face in my hands and kiss the taste of nowhere to hide Yeah, the taste of nowhere to hide I want you to say it, say it, say it, say it one time Speak your mind, ooh Say it, say it, say it, here comes the breakdown What's it like when there's no one else? Say it, say it, say it, what's going on here I swear you'll disappear if you don't Say it, say it, say it, take it down now to the car We'll speak no more You're just a cheap lout You're just an escape route But you know, you know, you know It makes me try again What's the matter with you? Or the tunes you wanna do you won't let anyone get near Is it the critics you fear? Blast them all and cut off your ear and keep it all in your head A requiem when you're dead that no one else can hear Nothing you write will ever match this You should go back to that actress Or the days when you lived on a mattress, when everything was new So live inside a curse, or make a gift to the universe and let it go I miss seeing you at the show Say what you mean (Say it, say it, say it) Say what you mean (Say it, say it, say it) Say what you mean (Say it, say it, say it) Say what you mean (Say it, say it, say it) Say what you mean (Say it, say it, say it) Say what you mean (Say it, say it, say it) Say what you mean (Say it, say it, say it)