Verse 1 You want me pure, you want me quiet, no moon in my eyes, no wildflower riot. Soft as the foam, shining like pearl, a closed-up lily, untouched girl. Verse 2 You, who have tasted each wine on the table, with lips stained in honey and stories unstable. You danced with Bacchus, your body unchained, in gardens of lies and pleasures unnamed. Pre-Chorus You chased every flame, you lived every thrill, and now you demand that I stand still… Chorus And you want me white! You want me clean! You want me saintly, as if I’d never seen. God forgive you! God forgive you! (hypocrite law!) Verse 3 Go to the forest, sleep on the frost, wash out your soul counting what you lost. Speak with the sparrows, drink from the stones, touch muddy earth, be stripped to the bones. Bridge And when your skin is born again, and all your masks have met their end, when your flesh has learned to feel… Final Chorus Then come, good man, and ask me to heal. Ask me for truth, ask me for fire— God forgive you! God forgive you! I’m not your desire.
