If I tell you what I really want
You'd just say "shut up"
You don't really wanna hear it, no
I try to be resolute
You reduce it down to cute
I tell you you're a coward
You say I'm a prostitute
When the mascara's dry
I know you've got something to hide
Can't you just say it, say it, say it
Say it one time
Speak your mind
Ooooh say it, say it, say it
I would show up as someone else
What's it like when you're yourself?
I'd tell you what I want
But I keep it kind of cryptic
I'm a zoetrope cyber on the tip of a trip
They tell you what you want
Tell you what I need
But I'd hate you if you miss it
I'd like to take a stranger's face in my hands
And kiss the taste of nowhere to hide
Yeah the taste of nowhere to hide
Oh, just say it, say it, say it, say it one time
Speak your mind
Oooh say it, say it, say it
Here comes the breakdown
It's a life where there's no one round
Say it, say it, say it
What's going on here?
I swear you'll disappear if you don't
Say it, say it, say it
Take it down now to the core
Or speak no more
You're just a cheap lout
You're just an escape route
But you know, you know, you know
What makes you try again
What's the matter with you?
Were there tunes you wanna do
You won't let anyone get near
You said the critics you fear
Blast them all and cut off your ear
And keep it all in your head
A requiem when you're dead
No one else can hear
Nothing you write will ever match this
You should go back to that actress
Or the days you lived on a mattress
When everything was new
You should live inside a curse
Or make a gift to the universe
And when you go
I'll miss seeing you at the show
Say what you mean
Say what you mean
Say what you mean
Say what you mean
Yeah
Say what you mean
Say what you mean
Say what you mean