Easy to want Hard to know You loved the doorway Not the room inside You liked me best in hallway light One shoulder bare, one heel undone Said I looked like trouble Like trouble was enough Your eyes went soft at the outline Never asked about the seams You touched the dress like a promise You never touched the dream I kept my smile in perfect shape Kept the red on my mouth Let you call it chemistry When you only liked the sound Everybody wants the candle Nobody wants the smoke Everybody wants the body Till the body has a ghost I could give you everything And still be left alone I’m easy to want Hard to know You love the heat But not the house it burns in Easy to touch Hard to hold You want the key Not the rooms behind it You say my name Like a door you can open I am not a room You get for wanting I’m easy to want Hard to know Hard to know Want me Want me That was never close Want me Want me Hard to know You liked the laugh I learned to use When the room got too demanding Liked the way I made desire Look easy to understand But there’s a drawer inside my chest Where the real names go to sleep Letters folded into silence Keys I never let you keep You kissed the surface of the water Called it drowning beautifully But you never met the cold below That learned to carry me Everybody wants the fever Nobody wants the ache Everybody wants the woman Till the woman does not break I could stand in all that light And still not feel seen I’m easy to want Hard to know You love the heat But not the house it burns in Easy to touch Hard to hold You want the key Not the rooms behind it You say my name Like a door you can open I am not a room You get for wanting I’m easy to want Hard to know Hard to know Do not call it love Just because I let you enter Do not call it truth Just because I left a light There are rooms inside a woman With no handle on the outside There are doors that do not open Just because you stayed the night I am not the pretty proof That you were deep enough to keep I am not the softer version Of the hunger that you need Say you want me Say it slow Say you want me That is not the same as knowing Say you want me Let it show I can feel the difference I can feel the door closing I’m easy to want Hard to know You love the heat But not the house it burns in Easy to touch Hard to hold You want the key Not the rooms behind it You say my name Like a door you can open I am not a room You get for wanting I’m easy to want Hard to know Hard to know I’m easy to want Hard to know I was never yours Just because you wanted me Easy to want Hard to know You loved the doorway Not the room inside
