The last song on 1999’s When the Pawn… is a poignant sketch of an affair with a man who is already in a committed relationship. It probably is the song that comes the most close to a “real” love song on the record, but there are still uncanny images (“crowbar”) and skepticism enough to make it a cla...
[Verse 1]
So be it, I’m your crowbar
If that’s what I am so far
Until you get out of this mess
And I will pretend
That I don’t know of your sins
Until you are ready to confess
But all the time, all the time
I’ll know, I’ll know
[Verse 2]
And you can use my skin
To bury secrets in
And I will settle you down
And at my own suggestion
I will ask no questions
While I do my thing in the background
But all the time, all the time
I’ll know, I’ll know
[Breakdown]
Baby
I can't help you out
While she is still around
[Verse 3]
So for the time being, I'm being patient
And amidst this bitterness
If you'll just consider this
Even if it don’t make sense all the time
Give it time
And when the crowd becomes your burden
And you've early closed your curtain
I'll wait by the backstage door
[Verse 4]
While you try to find
The lines to speak your mind
And pry it open, hoping for an encore
And if it gets too late, for me to wait
For you to find you love me, and tell me so
It’s ok, don’t need to say it
I Know was written by Fiona Apple.
I Know was produced by Jon Brion.
Fiona Apple released I Know on Tue Nov 09 1999.