I Don’t Want to Know

Late-night talk on every line

Say your name, I hit decline

Turn it down, I shut it out

Still it circles back around

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

Don’t say a word, don’t say it now

I’m barely holdin’ steady ground

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…

Every look is amplified

Every doubt I try to hide

I draw the line, I look away

But it’s louder every day

Don’t bring it close, don’t make me face

A truth I’m not prepared to chase

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…

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

(don’t say it now)

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—

I don’t want to know…