Desire

from Change EP by Jay Chu

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I couldn’t quite place it
The feeling that these faces
Held more than just a pair of pretty eyes
The irony’s inside
A room where men can try to hide
Their empty hearts and ease their troubled minds
Little do they know
That they’re not really far from home
And they’ll just leave here feeling more alone
Much to my surprise
I did not think that I could find
The kindness of a stranger in this night

Chorus:
Desire, she said to me tonight
“Don’t give up without a fight
No one else can tell you what is right”
She said “I wish that I could tell you
All the things that I have been through
But you wouldn’t understand”

She sat down right next to me
Asked me how I was feeling
I said I wasn’t feeling right at all
But after a few songs
Some conversation won’t seem wrong
Let’s talk about how we both don’t belong
In this crazy world
We try so hard to follow rules
We go to school yet we still feel like fools
Many seem to find
That life is never kind enough
To give us purpose with some peace of mind

And so she rose up slowly
Said that she was going
I slipped some twenties to her waiting hand
It's clear she did not know
That she had touched me long ago
In ways she didn't think I'd understand

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from Change EP, released June 22, 2014
Jay Chu – Vocals, Piano, Electric Guitar
Alex Wong – Percussion, Electric Guitar, Synths
Phil Galitzine – Electric Bass

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