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I Wouldn't Ask You by Clairo
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On “I Wouldn’t Ask You”, Clairo sings about a time in her life when she was hospitalized from severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and cared for by her boyfriend at the time, as she divulged in a July 2019 interview with PAPER. Throughout the song, Clairo expresses gratitude to her lover for being h...
I Wouldn’t Ask You Lyrics
[Part I]
[Chorus]
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, and I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, and I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
(I think I'm losing you)
[Verse 1]
Switchblade 'round my neck, don't get close to me
Ask about your life, still in the nosebleeds
Laying in your bed, call that intimacy
Wish I could get past the security
Wonder why I wake up living in a made-up
Dream of you and I, together there
Baby, wake the fuck up, time for you to grow up
Don't you know that life is rarely ever fair?
[Chorus]
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, and I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, and I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
[Verse 2]
Tell you how I feel, I keep it real clean
Lock hanging 'round my neck, you don't get a key
Come a little closer, I'll show you what I mean
Oh, boy, you know it's all for me
Ice-cold, baby, I'm ice-cold
You're the only one who can make me fold
Ice-cold, baby, I'm ice-cold
You're the only one who can make me fold
[Chorus]
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
Oh, I wouldn't ask you to take care of me
[Part II]
[Intro]
(Think I could be all you dreamed)
(Penthouse apartments, bars, limousines)
(Think I could make you believe)
(Be your Tinker Bell bitch, you can make me your queen)
[Verse 1]
I wouldn't ask you, baby
(Don't want to overstep my boundaries)
(But I want to get to know you, plant the seed)
I wouldn't ask you, baby
(Think I could be all you dreamed)
(Penthouse apartments, bars, limousines)
To be the one I love
To be the one I love, I love
[Chorus]
We could be
We could be so strong (Ask you)
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong (Ask you)
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong (Ask you)
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
[Verse 2]
Caught me by surprise
Everything I need in my life
I wanna call you mine
I wanna be intertwined
[Chorus]
We could be so strong (Ask you)
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong (Ask you)
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong (Ask you)
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
[Outro]
Feels like I've known you for so long
Without you, I don't feel strong
Feels like I've known you for so long
Without you, I don't feel so strong, yeah
So strong
We could be so strong
I Wouldn’t Ask You Q&A
Who wrote I Wouldn’t Ask You's ?
I Wouldn’t Ask You was written by Clairo.
When did Clairo release I Wouldn’t Ask You?
Clairo released I Wouldn’t Ask You on Fri Aug 02 2019.
What did Clairo say about "I Wouldn't Ask You"?
It was such a big song for me, […] I was bawling after I wrote it. I was just so happy, because I feel like I broke through to a new part of myself, to a new level of writing for me.
— Clairo via PAPER
— Clairo via Twitter
Why did Clairo choose to include a children's choir in this song?
The children on the record signify when I’m feeling emotions in full. When kids are angry, they’re extremely angry, and when they’re sad, they’re bawling their eyes out. They aren’t thinking about their surroundings, or how people are receiving them, they are just feeling it. I love that moment, wha...