I don't want to say I love you
That would give away too mu-uch
Hip to be detached and precious
The only thing you feel is vicious

I don't wanna say I want you
Even though I want you so mu-uch
It's wrapped up in conversatio-ion
It's whispered in a hu-ush
Though I'm frightened by the word
Think it's time that it was heard

No more empty self-possession
Vision swept under the ma-a-at
It's no New Years resolution
It's more than tha-at

And now I wake up happy
Warm in a lovers embra-ace
No one else can touch u-us
While we're in this pla-ace
So I'll sing it to the world
This simple message to my girl

No more empty self-possession
Vision swept under the ma-a-at
It's no New Years resolution
It's more than tha-at

Oh-oh-oh, ha-ah-ah, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Though I'm frightened by the word
Think it's time I made it heard
So I sing it to the wor-or-orld
Simple message to my girl

No more empty self-possessio-ion
Vision swept under the ma-a-at
It's no New Years resolution
It's more than tha-at

No there's nothin' quite as rea-eal
As a touch of your sweet ha-and
I can't spend the rest of my life
Buried in the sand