Make Me Stay Lyrics - Not So Soft - Ani Difranco

I'm gonna turn and walk away 

You can wait 'til I am far along 

Then run and come and catch my arm 

And say you'd die if I were gone 

I want to hear you call my name 

It's too easy just to say it soft 

I don't like my language watered down 

I don't like my edges rounded off 

I can't always wait for your circumstance to improve 

Love is loose it shifts each time you move 

Go ahead, put my back against the wall 

Give it all up or don't give it to me at all 

You never know this could be our last night 

So step back, step back into the light 

So I can see your silhouette 

I'm not done looking yet 

Safe the profile for the camera 

Give me your eye to eye 

I know all your secrets 

And you know all of mine 

Mostly I don't go 

For the soft focus and the fantasy 

I need something real 

I can think and say and see so 

I'm going to turn and walk away 

You wait til I am far along 

Then run and come 

And catch my arm and say you'd die 

If I were gone 

Yes, I'm going to turn 

And walk away 

You can watch me go or make me stay