You Asked For This

Album: If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power (2021)
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  • I don't know what you want from me
    When I'm sunburnt lips and summer feet
    I'm tattered like these Levi's jeans
    Punch-wasted on redundancy

    Now what the fuck does all this mean?
    You know I'm still somebody's daughter, see
    I spilled the milk you left for me
    My tears are falling flawlessly now

    Go on and be a big girl
    You asked for this now
    Go on and be a big girl
    Well, everybody's gonna drown you out
    Go on and be a big girl
    You asked for this now
    You better show 'em why you talk so loud

    You wished upon a falling star
    And then left behind the avant-garde
    For lemonade in crystal glasses
    Picket fences, file taxes
    Who the hell is in your bed?
    You better kiss goodnight and give some head
    And then next the morning comes instead
    Well is this the life that lies ahead now?

    Go on and be a big girl
    You asked for this now
    Go on and be a big girl
    Well, everybody's gonna drown you out
    Go on and be a big girl
    You asked for this now
    You better show 'em why you talk so loud

    Go on and be a big girl
    You asked for this now
    Go on and be a big girl
    Well, everybody's gonna drown you out
    Go on and be a big girl
    You asked for this now
    You better show 'em why you talk so loud

    I want my cake on a silver platter
    I want a fistful in my hands
    I want a beautiful boy's despondent laughter
    I want to ruin all my plans
    I want a fist around my throat
    I want to cry so hard I choke
    But I want everything I asked for

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    Oh Writer/s: Ashley Frangipane, Atticus Ross, Gregory Kurstin, Trent Reznor
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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