Do You See Me by Odette
Deal with the intensity
I turn to me, my reflection and say
Deal with the intensity
It’s a necessity that you be able to calm it
Don’t you dare go messing up
The things that are perfect enough as they are
Deal with the intensity
Don’t let them see you weak
It’s not worth it I promise
And I don’t want to break that easy
I don’t want to waste my time
But turning up just ain’t that simple
Impossible to quiet my mind
And I don’t want to waste yours either
But I don’t want to see you go
Cos lately I have just been floating
I’m hurting the people I love, that I know for sure
So tell me do you see me
For everything that I am for
Can you see that my walls are worn
I wish it would be easy
To focus on things one by one
To just be still and rest my heart
Silence you out of you
and turn the lies all you’re desperate to say
Make them think that you’re reserved, but when you’re alone
It’s a different display
Of everything that you are feeling
Of everything that you can’t stop
Just focus on the cracks in the ceiling
And not the disarray or the shards of glass
Cos I don’t want to break that easy
I don’t want to waste my time
Starting to think that I can’t do this
Impossible to silence my mind
And I don’t want to hurt nobody
Cos I don’t want to see them go
Oh lately I have just been falling
I need to be silent I’m trying
So tell me do you see me
For everything that I am for
Can you see that my walls are worn
I wish it would be easy
To focus on things one by one
To just be still and rest my heart
Cos everything is moving, baby and it just won’t stop
I guess that it was all another rouse, just to get to me
Maybe I should not have been naive and accepted deeds
Like the constant fear that all you want is to cut up my heart
Show me off like fur coats, I’m just an accessory
The ballad comprehension of a love that isn’t meant to be
Ballad coloured lies about embedded in my memory
I swear I’m not the girl that I always pretend to be
But honesty it’s simple, you know, you know, you know
I don’t want to break that easy (I don’t want to break that easy)
I don’t want to waste my time
Starting to think that I can’t do this
Impossible to silence my mind
And I don’t want to hurt nobody
Cos I don’t want to see them go
Oh lately I have just been falling
I need to be silent I’m trying
So tell me do you see me
For everything that I am for
Can you see that my walls are worn
I wish it would be easy
To focus on things one by one
To just be still and rest my heart
Cos everything is moving, baby and it just won’t stop
Can’t hold on to the world this is spinning I got this for love
Cos everything is moving, baby and it just won’t stop
Odette – To A Stranger (Album 2018)
01. Collide
02. Lights Out
03. Watch Me Read You
04. Come Close
05. Do You See Me
06. Fractured Glass
07. Lotus Eaters
08. Onyx
09. Take It To the Heart
10. You
11. Pastel Walls
“Do You See Me” serves as the 5th track from Odette’s album, To A Stranger which was released on July 6, 2018.
[Thanks To Eliza Salway For Adding These Lyrics]