I Don't Want To Take

Der Song handelt von einer Person, die immer gibt und die Bedürfnisse anderer intuitiv erkennt, selbst aber kaum etwas zurückbekommt.

Wenn sie etwas will, muss sie darum bitten oder es sich nehmen, doch Nehmen fühlt sich falsch an, weil dabei anderen etwas fehlt.

Der innere Konflikt: Sie will nicht nehmen oder kämpfen müssen, sondern einfach gesehen werden und etwas bekommen, ohne dafür zu zahlen oder sich zu verbiegen.

[Verse 1]


I’m always giving, hands wide open

Pouring myself out, word by word unspoken

I read the wishes on your face

Before you even ask, I know the place

I bend before the sound of need

Anticipate, concede, concede

But when I’m empty, when I’m bare

There’s silence hanging in the air


[Pre-Chorus]

I learned to listen without a sound

But nobody hears me now


[Chorus]

I don’t want to take, I want to receive

I don’t want to steal just to believe

That there’s a place where I can fall

Without paying first, without the crawl

I give and give, still nothing grows

I only get when I take, I suppose

But taking leaves somebody dry

I don’t want to take, I want to be given, not pry


[Verse 2]

If I want something, I have to kneel

Spell it out, make it real

While I trace your needs from your smile

I wait for mine, mile by mile

You don’t give unless it’s torn away

So I take, and still I don’t stay full

I hold the prize, it feels untrue

Because the cost is losing you


[Pre-Chorus]

I’ve mastered giving without demand

Now I’m begging with an open hand


[Chorus]

I don’t want to take, I want to receive

I don’t want to steal just to believe

That there’s a place where I can fall

Without paying first, without the crawl

I give and give, still nothing grows

I only get when I take, I suppose

But taking leaves somebody dry

I don’t want to take, I want to be given, not pry


[Bridge]

Why is asking louder than care

Why is wanting always a dare

I’m tired of trading pieces of me

For something that should come freely


[Final Chorus]

I don’t want to take, I want to receive

I want someone to see what I need

Without me breaking, without the plea

Without me shrinking just to be seen

I don’t want to take, I want to be held

Not owe the world, not be in debt

I’ve given enough to prove my worth

Now I want to be given, without taking first