I Don't Want
By Kimberly Medeiros
Verse 1
I have a trash can, but I don’t want trash in it
I have a bathtub, but I don’t want to be clean
I have a cup, but I don’t want water
I have food, but I don’t want to eat
Pre-Chorus
It’s a quiet kind of hunger
It’s a restless kind of ache
Surrounded by the pieces
But nothing feels in place
Chorus
I’ve got a bed, but I don’t want to sleep
I’ve got a heart, but it cuts too deep
I’ve got a life that I can’t keep
I don’t want, I don’t want, I don’t want…
Verse 2
I open the window, but I don’t want the air
I light a candle, but I don’t want the flame
Every comfort feels like a stranger
Every blessing whispers my name in vain
Pre-Chorus
It’s a hollow kind of silence
It’s a shadow I can’t shake
I’m drowning in abundance
But starving all the same
Chorus
I’ve got a bed, but I don’t want to sleep
I’ve got a soul, but it hides too deep
I’ve got a truth that I can’t speak
I don’t want, I don’t want, I don’t want…
Is it madness, is it mercy, is it me?
A hunger that refuses to be freed
The world keeps turning, but I can’t belong
A body full of music with no song
Final Chorus (haunting echo/repeat)
I’ve got a bed, but I don’t want to sleep
I’ve got a heart, but it cuts too deep
I’ve got a life, but I can’t keep
I don’t want, I don’t want, I don’t want…
