I Want to Know 
Words and music By Anne Stott 

In the turn of the night before the break of dawn 
With a blink of the eye what was right became wrong 
You were saying something more about wanting less 
But I couldn’t hear your voice cuz I got up to get dressed 
It was right before now and just after then 
The smell of your touch never left my bed 

If you read between the lines 
If you tempt all the gods 
If you curse at the moon 
If you weigh all your odds 
If you wander 40 days and 40 nights in between 
You still won’t know what can’t be 
I want to know 
I want to know 

It was a twist of the knife with a turn of phrase 
There was blood on the sheets in this lover’s maze 
It ripped right through my mind it shot straight through my heart 
That breach of trust that tore us apart 
Then a new year dawns so harsh and bright 
And that night that went wrong will never be right 

If you read between the lines 
If you tempt all the gods 
If you curse at the moon 
If you weigh all your odds 
If you wander 40 days and 40 nights in between 
You still won’t know what can’t be 
I want to know 
I want to know 

Love can’t conquer what you won’t concede 
But love will steal that which you withhold 
Love isn’t your lover 
Love is an auctioneer accepting only your past as payment 
Love is the current that pulses with life or burns you to death 
Love is the warrior you always wished you could be 

© 2010 Anne Stott. All rights reserved.

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