I Can't Tell

The majority of this is intended to be sung by a female vocalist

Don’t ask
I don’t need your help to dance
And I don’t want a drink
But I think you think
That you still have a chance.

I said no.
And I meant no.
Why would I waste my time
on some bolshy chat-up line.
Don't act like I can't take a joke.

You have got to learn to read the room - why should you dare to presume
That we might be in awe of you, when you’ve done nothing but exude
	Your entitled, meat-head ways
With your vindictive stone-age plays
	When you just see us as prey…
And think that I don’t get a say

Before I could decline
You grabbed my behind
So imagine your surprise
To find out I'm a guy
And THAT is where you draw the line

Make a great big song and dance
Protect a manhood made of glass.
To prove that you are oh-so-straight
You will overcompensate
She doesn't stand a chance

	You quickly scan around the room - another victim to pursue
Just a body to be used - without the power to refuse
	Your entitled, meat-head ways
Your vindictive stone-age plays
	When you just see us as prey
And think that I don't get a say 

I'm not a puzzle to be solved
And I’m not going to get involved
Refusal may offend,
But this is where it ends 
You don’t get to take control

So don't ask.
I always had these scars
I just try to hide
I try to keep them out the light.
But no. I don't want to dance.

The you that I once knew
wouldn't dream of talking to.
The me that I used to be
Had the shit beat out of me

And I will never be the same
I'll never be carefree again
And now you look at me ascance
When I just wanted to dance

A scream becomes a stutter
A dream becomes a slumber
A peek becomes a leer
A week becomes a year.
A glance becomes a glare
A chance becomes despair.
Like vim without the vigour;
Quim without the quiver.

Don't Ask

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