don't hold yourself like that -

you'll hurt your knees...
i kissed your mouth & back,
that's all i need.
don't build your world around -
volcanoes melt you down...
what i am to you
is not real
what i am to you
you do not need
what i am to you
is not what you mean to me

you give me miles and miles of mountains
and i’ll ask for the sea

don't throw yourself like that
in front of me
i kissed your mouth, your back -
is that all you need?
don't drag my love around,
volcanoes melt me down

what i am to you
is not real
what i am to you
you do not need
what i am to you
is not what you mean to me

you give me miles and miles of mountains
and i’ll ask for the sea

what i give to you is just what i’m going through
this is nothing new
no no just another phase of finding
what i really need is what makes me bleed
and like a new disease she’s still too you to treat
volcanoes melt me down
she’s still too young
i kissed your mouth
you do not need me

Damien Rice
Volcano
2003