Don’t Lyrics by Odette
Do you want to dance with me?
I’ve not danced in a while
You don’t have to be good
Nor do you have to smile
You don’t have to feel joy
You don’t have to have style
You don’t need to be coy, swaying like two old kites
You don’t need to be mine
You don’t need to be here
You can call me tonight, in a month or in a year
You don’t need to reach out
You don’t need to hide fear
You don’t need to tell me what you think I want to hear
You don’t need to reply
You don’t need to be clear
You don’t need to be mine
You don’t need to be here
Climb with me as high as we can
Before we fall down
Before we crash land
Climb with me as high as we can
Before we fall down
Before crash land
Prior to the snap of the branch
The crack of it’s bark
The rapid descent
Oh what a thing to do to break apart and find your skin
Ooooh
I don’t need sullen skies that hold our puffs of fog
I don’t need echoes down my street with our hands interlocked
The way you looked at me, whenever it got cold
I don’t need remnants of before I began to unfold
I don’t believe in fate, I don’t believe in sin
When all is said and done, I don’t need anything
No continuity, two plaits and then some skin
I blink into myself and open-eyed remember them
No continuity, a thousand eyes that spin
A twisted, flakey mass
A splitting song that sings
Climb with me as high as we can
Before we fall down
Before we crash land
Climb with me as high as we can
Before we fall down
Before we crash land
Prior to the snap of an arm
The crack of a bone
Two lions mid snarl
Oh what a thing to do to break apart and find your grin
Ooooh
