[Intro – isolated singing glass, intimate crystalline female vocal] I was doing so well Till I remembered I could want things. [Verse 1 – nimble syncopated singing, clear ringing tone] I’ve been very good lately Almost boringly good Got a taste for behaving Never thought that I would Everybody loves restraint When it’s somebody else’s I can make a thing look harmless Even when I know better [Pre-Chorus – clipped phrases, playful register jumps] Mm, that’s nice That’s a lovely little answer Say it twice See if I believe it after [Chorus – bright, elastic melody, gritty edges emerging] I want it I don’t I want it I do There’s a difference Between knowing better And being through I want it I don’t Oh, look what I do All that good sense And I still want you [Instrumental – three-note glass motif fractures into rhythmic splinters; deep bass response] [Verse 2 – low rhythmic singing, sudden upper-register flicks] I can make a mess look expensive It’s a terrible gift Find a reason to be reasonable Then get tired of it There’s a pleasure in the almost There’s a price on the real I keep saying I don’t need it Like that changes how it feels [Pre-Chorus – sharp rhythmic interruptions, crystal harmonics] Mm, that’s nice Such a lovely little answer Say it twice I don’t think I believe it either [Chorus – fuller melodic voice, fractured syllables, sudden raw notes] I want it I don’t I want it I do There’s a difference Between knowing better And being through I want it I don’t Oh, look what I do All that good sense And I still want you [Break – glass tones stutter; drums vanish] [Exposed female upper register, intricate melodic turn] I could be satisfied I’ve been satisfied before [Voice abruptly turns rough] Didn’t care for it. [Final refrain – rapid rhythmic phrases alternating with brilliant sustained notes] Want it Don’t Want it Do [Glass motif answers each phrase] Want it Don’t Want it— [Sudden full-voiced melodic leap] I do! [Final chorus fragment – instruments return with heavier broken-beat groove] All that good sense All that good sense [Voice fractures into rough melodic ornaments] And I still want— [Complete silence] [Outro – dry, amused low-register melody] Well. Would you look at that.
