I Don’t Want to Know

[Intro]
[clean guitar + ambient delay]
Late-night talk on every line
Say your name, I hit decline
Turn it down, I shut it out
Still it circles back around

[Verse 1]
Heard it once, I heard enough
Rumors hit but sound like dust
Keep it in, don’t let it show
Try to be what they don’t know

[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t say a word, don’t say it now
I’m barely holdin’ steady ground
[female harmony: soft, airy above lead]

[Chorus]
I don’t want to know
[female harmony: high third, breathy] I don’t want to know
Don’t let it bring me down
[female harmony: sustained above “down”] down
I don’t want to know
[female harmony: echo tail] know…

[Verse 2]
Every look is amplified
Every doubt I try to hide
I draw the line, I look away
But it’s louder every day

[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t bring it close, don’t make me face
A truth I’m not prepared to chase
[female harmony: light stereo lift]

[Chorus]
I don’t want to know
[female harmony: high third + double] I don’t want to know
Don’t let it bring me down
[female harmony: octave lift] down
I don’t want to know
[female harmony: soft echo tail] know…

[Bridge]
[half-time, wide guitars]
If it’s real, just let it fade
Don’t need the truth to feel the pain
I’d rather stand here on my own
Than watch it break what I call home

[Build]
(don’t say it now)
[female harmony: rising line]

[Guitar Solo]
[melodic, sustained bends]

[Final Chorus]
I don’t wanna know
[female: soft response] (don’t let it show)
I don’t want to know
[female harmony: layered stack] I don’t want to know
I don’t wanna feel it drag me down
[female: subtle response] (don’t let it break you now)
[female harmony: sustained lift] down
I don’t want to know
[female: echo response] (you don’t need to know)
I don’t wanna know—no
[female harmony: extended high sustain] know—

[Outro]
[clean guitar + vocal fade]
I don’t want to know…
[female harmony: soft trailing echo]

Radio-polish post-grunge, mid-tempo 4/4, gritty guitars, melodic hooks, raspy male lead, female harmony, crossover rock