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I don't want excuses
I don't want your smiles
I don't want to feel like we're apart a thousand miles
And I don't want your attitude
I don't want your things
I don't want the phone that never rings

I want your love, and I want it now.
I want your love, and I want it now.

I don't want your history
I don't want that stuff
I want you to shut your mouth
That would be enough
I don't care if you've been here before
You don't understand
Tonight I feel above the law
And I'm coming in to land

I want your love, and I want it now.
I want your love, and I want it now.

My heart is that much harder now
That's what I thought, before today
My heart is that much harder now
And I thought that it would stay that way
Before today
Before today
I don't want the phone that never rings

I want your love, and I want it now.
I want your love, and I want it now.

I want your love
I want your love
I want your love
I want your love
I want your love
I want your love
I want your love

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xheartbreakerx On Jan 16, 2005

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2005-01-16 10:10:44

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by sisinki

19y ago

it´s clearly about relationship falling apart. She has a guy who doesn´t seem to care much about her and she´s unhappy with that. (I don't want the phone that never rings) But there is still a chance to save that relationship and that´s what she´s trying to say in this song.

By the way, the lyrics doesn´t start right... it starts with "I thought that it will stay that way.... before today"

which means something had changed and she no longer can handle it

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by dilz

18y ago

you're thinking of the chicane mix, which is one of my all time favs.

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