You Don’t Need

[Verse 1]
I think it is the hardest
When I see you look at her
In a way I thought was only meant for me
Inspired by me
And my heart is black and heavy
It is slags of Merthyr Tydfil
And it heaves once
And then it sighs once
And then there's nothing more

[Chorus]
You don't need anybody
You don't need any comfort
You don't need any lovers
You can get it from yourself
You don't need anyone to want you
Don't want anyone to need you
And I think I have yourself almost convinced
I have yourself almost convinced

[Verse 2]
So I walk on through the marshes
And my cheeks are burning white
And my hood is your rejection
And my pain is your connection
And a bird I don't recall
Called don't recall
Called don't recall
And I know you must be there
'Cause people stop to talk to you
People stop to talk
People stop to talk to you

[Chorus]
You don't need anybody
You don't need any comfort
You don't need any lovers
You can get it from yourself
You don't need anyone to want you
Don't want anyone to need you
And I think I have yourself almost convinced
I have yourself almost convinced

[Verse 3]
And the wind howls cross the ice floes
And the frozen furrows quicken
As I stumble to the tundra
And the tundra is my lover
And I lie here
And I wait here
And I raise one arm unto the sky
And if I raise it high enough
And hold it long enough
Will the snow pull me back through?
And it's Beddgelert and frozen dirt
The snow a soothing, smoothing, soothing hand

[Chorus]
You don't need anybody
You don't need any comfort
You don't need any lovers
You can get it from yourself
You don't need anyone to want you
Don't want anyone to need you
And I know you must be there
'Cause people stop to talk to you
People stop to talk
People stop to talk to you

[Outro]
So I ate a star from the far back, black sky
And it floated up behind one eye and wavered there...