Selfsh

I could almost taste it before it had a name
Something in the silence started asking me to stay
A little longer
I watched the light fall on your face and wondered
How it feels to have the room forget itself
The moment you appear
I smile when you tell me everything is going well
There's a sweetness in my voice I don't remember putting there

Would it be so wrong to want a little of that feeling?
Would it be so wrong if I stopped pretending?
Just to taste selfish, is that what you're calling?
If I let my hunger speak, would you still want me?
Would it be so wrong to take a little more?
I could have it all and still want yours
Still want yours

How would it feel?
I want the ease inside your laughter
I want the sleep you never lose
The kind of love that doesn't pause before it chooses you
Then I want the room around it
Every voice behind the door
I want to hear the way they say my name
When they don't need yours anymore
Say it again
Would it be so wrong?

You don't have to answer
I can feel it getting easier every time I ask
Every time
Selfish
Let it roll off your tongue
There's a sweetness to the sound
When it means I get what I want
Would it be so wrong to take a little more?
I could have it all and still want yours
I could love you and still want your place
Hold you while you tell me what you couldn't bear to lose
I can mean it, every gentle word
And still imagine how it feels to take it all from you
I want to
I know what it costs you
I want it anyway
I know what it costs you
I want it anyway
Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway
Then let me be wrong

Selfish
I want what I want
Let the words sit sweet in my mouth
Let it stain every part of me
I'm done washing it out
I don't want a place beside you
I want you looking up
I want the wanting gone
But I don't want to stop
Don't stop
Don't stop
Don't stop
Don't stop
Selfish
Say it like you mean it

I can live with what you call me if I get to keep it
Let me be wrong
Let me reach for more
I could have it all and still take yours
All of it
Your love
Your time
The life you thought was yours
Your eyes on mine when there's nothing left to ask for
I thought it would be quiet when everything was mine

I still want more