I can see your darkened eyes
Across the room turn into lies and laughter
And asking for my name again
Then introduced as just a friend
Well it was no fantasy the passion burned
You touched me the evening turned to midnight
I can't forget the naked trust
One quenchless night of shaking lust and fire

I want you
I want you
I want you
I want you

Since that night I'm not the same
Desire breeds an ugly stain inside me
Satisfaction never comes
It's always dark and yet I still run
Even when I close my eyes
You torture me with shameless sighs seduction
Walking in a chilling sweat
Pounding heart inside my chest I'm screaming

I want you
I want you
I want you
I want you

With your heart in your fist
You laugh at my situation
Tell me is it blood you want
Then take me strip me cut me see I'm bleeding

I want you
I want you
I want you
I want you


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I Want You Lyrics as written by Melissa Etheridge

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    I think this is about a strong unrequited desire,and strong passion that she feels for someone,and they just see her as a friend,and they kind of laugh at the fact that she wants them even though the passion was there before she just can't let go of that desire.
    Armoron September 22, 2008   Link
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    melissa said that she accidentally fliped the tape around in her recorder and it was playing the guitar riff backwards. that's how melissa got the guitar riff for Like The Way I Do
    Aeonmikeyon March 25, 2008   Link

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