[INTRO] Take it away. See if I notice. [VERSE 1] Started with the little things, the ones I thought I'd never miss. A familiar voice, a certain touch, the comfort of a simple kiss. I called it independence. I called it self-control. Took everything that moved me and put it somewhere I couldn't go. [PRE-CHORUS] One less want. One less need. Funny how the hunger grows when there's nothing left to feed. [CHORUS] Deprivation. Take another piece. Tell me I don't need it while it brings me to my knees. Deprivation. What a beautiful disguise. I thought I could kill the wanting if I kept it out of sight. But the less I let myself have, the more it comes alive. [VERSE 2] Stopped reaching for connection. Stopped waiting for a sign. Learned to make an empty evening look like everything was fine. No expectation. No disappointment. Nothing left to lose. But every time I closed another feeling, something found a way to break through. [PRE-CHORUS] One less want. One less need. Now the smallest little feeling has the power to undo me. [CHORUS] Deprivation. Take another piece. Tell me I don't need it while it brings me to my knees. Deprivation. What a beautiful disguise. I thought I could kill the wanting if I kept it out of sight. But the less I let myself have, the more it comes alive. [BRIDGE — MUSIC STRIPS AWAY] Take the comfort. Take the pleasure. Take the things I used to treasure. Take the rhythm. Take the sound. Take the certainty I've found. Leave me nothing. Not a trace. Now explain why I can feel everything I've tried to erase. [FINAL CHORUS — BARE, INTENSE] Deprivation. I know your name. You never took the wanting. You only taught it how to wait. Deprivation. I thought I held the reins. But every little thing I denied myself came back with twice the weight. [OUTRO — VOICE AND SINGLE BASS NOTE] Take it away. Go ahead. ... Tell me why I still want it.
