I Wouldn't Ask You by Clairo

Artist: Clairo

Album: Immunity

Genre: Pop

Length: 6:56

Released: 2019

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 her caretaker, while also conveying varying degrees of intimacy. The song has two distinct conceptual parts, marked by a distinguishable change in instrumentation, tone, and style. The first part h...

I Wouldn't Ask You lyrics

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)
Sores appear 'round my neck, don't get close to me
Ask about your life, still in the nose-bleeds?
Layin' in your bed, call it intimacy
Wish I could get past the security
Wonder why I wake up livin' 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?
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
Tell you how I feel, I keep it real clean
Lock hangin' 'round my neck, you don't get a key
Come a little closer, I'll show you what I mean
Oh boy, no, it's all for me
Ice cold, baby, I'm ice cold
You're the only one who can make me thaw
Ice cold, baby, I'm ice cold
You're the only one who can make me thaw
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 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 wouldn't ask you, baby
I wouldn't ask you, baby
To be the one I love
To be the one I love, I love
We could be
We could be so strong
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
Caught me by surprise
Everything I need in my life
I wanna call you mine
I wanna be intertwined
We could be so strong
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
We could be so strong
We'll be alright, we'll be alright
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)

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