i have this habit, when i am listening to music, to not focus on the lyrics. there is this one song that saddens me every time i hear it, but i didn't quite understand why. then yesterday, i actually listened. here's what i heard:

loud mouth, suits and ties
liars, with money and girls
the kind you fit in your pocket
i can't save them from this darkness
my sisters, i love them all
my faeries pinned against the wall

i know what you want
and i know what you want
and i know

doll, made of paint and china
your worth lies only in these
but you're real to me
little bones, will you break these legs like twigs now?
there's pain here you'll never have to feel
never have to feel

i know what you want
and i know what you want
and i know

and i would fight a thousand men
i'd fight fire and wind and rain
i'd cry a river of tears for them
the bodies floating there
christ-like and bare
tell me, is that fair?

there are some things i can't forgive
some things i just can't forgive
some things

jesus, i thought we had an understanding
the fact that you can buy a woman
makes me want to die
where were you last night?
jesus, jesus
where were you?

and i know what you want
i know it all too well
and i know
i know

sarah slean - "i know"