“Insensitive” became a number-one hit for Jann Arden in Canada for 3 weeks in 1995 and peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996.
[Verse 1]
How do you cool your lips, after a summer's kiss?
How do you rid the sweat, after the body bliss?
How do you turn your eyes from the romantic glare?
How do you block the sound of a voice you'd know anywhere?
[Chorus 1]
Oh, I really should've known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Your casual goodbyes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me maybe you might have
Some advice to give
On how to be insensitive
Insensitive
Insensitive
[Verse 2]
How do you numb the skin, after the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood, after the body rush?
How do you free your soul after you've found a friend?
How do you teach your heart it's a crime to fall in love again?
[Chorus 2]
Oh, you probably won't remember me
It's probably ancient history
I'm one of the chosen few
Who went ahead and fell for you
I'm out of vogue, I'm out of touch
I fell too fast, I feel too much
I thought that you might have
Some advice to give
On how to be insensitive
[Chorus 1]
Oh, I really should've known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Your casual goodbyes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me maybe you might have
Some advice to give
On how to be insensitive
(How to be) Insensitive
(How to be) Insensitive
(How to be)
Insensitive was written by Anne Loree.
Insensitive was produced by Ed Cherney & Jann Arden.
Jann Arden released Insensitive on Tue Oct 24 1995.
Anne Loree wrote on her now-defunct website:
I sat down at my electric piano in the basement of a rented house I shared with four roommates, broke and brokenhearted, full of pain and angst, and wrote ‘Insensitive’. It took me probably less than half an hour and I walked away feeling much better for...