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I Don't Write Love Songs

from Gigantic Robot Girlfriend by Max Knightley

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VERSE 1
Each time I see your face my legs start shaking, feeling weak
and every time I hear your voice it gets so hard to speak
And I hope you know I love you so
although I find it hard to show
in any way that matters or that feels like it's enough

CHORUS
I don't write love songs
I don't know how to
If we're together or apart
I think it might be
another language
Can't translate mine to art

I don't write love songs
although I'd like to
Swing axe and hammer through my heart
And I must have tried about a hundred times
but I think I just don't know where I should start

VERSE 2
To speak the truth with beauty's harder than to fight an ugly lie
Feels cheap to say you make me feel alive so much that I could die
And sometimes I think I'll never find the words to start to satisfy
myself or you or her or them or anyone at all

Because

CHORUS
I don't write love songs
and when I try to
the lines all fall apart
I need a rose or
Rosetta stone if
I'm gonna translate that to art

I don't write love songs
although I'd like to
Swing axe and hammer through my heart
And I must have tried about a thousand times
but I still think I don't know where I should start

BRIDGE
I know we don't speak every day
so just be trusting when I say
each word you send me gets me hot and red
And I've been yearning ever since
you last told me "hold me" - well, I'm convinced
It might fall flat but I just have to sing the things that I still haven't said

VERSE 3
I've spent too long in silence and I can't help but to think
that my head's gonna burst if I don't put this into ink
So if it doesn't come out right, I'll ask you kindly: hold on tight,
I'll try again again until I find the words I need

I
CHORUS
Might not write love songs
I gotta try to
Create a window to my heart
You'll find me buried
in dictionaries
to build it tone and tone and part by part

If I just retread all of the same trail
then tell me what's the point of art
And I think on my two millionth try
I might have found a place where I can start

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from Gigantic Robot Girlfriend, released January 31, 2019

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Max Knightley Chicago, Illinois

Trans lesbian who makes punk, electronica, and music for video games. Stay angry, but keep your eyes open to the beauty of the world.

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