Don’t Need

Now it’s nearly eleven thirty and at this point we are sharing a bus seat across the city
And unlike you, she’s shy and sweet, and for the first time all I can think of are all the things that I don’t need
I don’t need you and I don’t need sleep
Don't need

For much of the ride she pries into why I keep others at an arm’s length
I explain I’ve learned, having been burned, it’s best to keep the flames at bay
She says she understands, extending her hand, suggests ‘it helps if you start small’
I take one deep breath and one small step toward letting my defenses fall

And to think of all the wasted time I’ve spent paralyzed, too terrified to let anybody else in
(When we’re side by side) I’m that much more brave
(And it’s been a while) Since I’d felt so safe
(I don’t know the time) But I know it’s late
And I’m so awake that at this rate I could be up for days

Now it’s getting early into the morning when we both agree it’s too late to leave
We kick off our shoes to rest our feet, and it’s just as well cause I’m in too deep
To walk back home in quiet defeat and remember you as I fall asleep
I don’t need you and I don’t need

Now it’s quarter of three, and at this point we are burned out and stretched out across the love-seat
With her hair grazing my cheek, for the first time all I can think of are all the things that I don’t need
I don’t need you and I don’t need sleep
Don’t need sleep