Kate Reid: Music
What I Want
(Kate Reid)
I met you in the summertime
And we got together as the fall was dying down
And we melted into one another
Two lost girls who had finally found their mothers
Then you parked your U-haul outside my house
Right beside mine in the driveway
And I should have seen it coming
We had too much stuff to fit inside one house
Chorus:
And what I wanted was someone to take care of me
And what I wanted was someone to love me
And what I wanted was someone who would chase my fears away
And what I wanted was someone to heal me
Now I’m not saying I’m an angel
But I don’t want to talk in circles about all the things I feel
And I know I’ve got some parts of me that I’ve still got to purge
But I’m smart enough to know now that actions eclipse words
And I worked so hard to keep it all together
And I worked so hard to keep myself afloat
But my heart gets rusty when I don’t pay attention
And my guitar gets dusty when I don’t play at all
Chorus:
And what I want is someone who sees right through me
And I don’t want to process every single reason why
And what I want is someone who won’t take shit from me
And what I want is someone who’ll stand side by side with me
I figured out it’s disrespectful not to use my gift
It’s disrespectful to myself, the Earth and others
And when I live my life with integrity and reflection
Then my world, well you know it spins in a different direction
Now I’m cleaning up my life
From the mess you left behind
And I’m looking in the mirror
At the self I tried so damn hard to find
So what the hell is it about me
That I fall in love so goddamn easily?
Well, I don’t write sad love songs
Cuz’ honey, that wasn’t love and I ain’t sad
No honey, that wasn’t love and I ain’t sad
Chorus:
And what I want is someone who will let me breathe
And what I want is someone who makes sure she’s breathing too
And what I want is someone who is on her way up
And what I want is someone who will meet me at the top