Tell Me

As I was recording "Loose Cannon" I would test guitar sounds and such before I started to track a tune. One night, sitting at our dining room table, I was just blue skying random riffs into Protools LE 8 and made up this guitar lick. I liked it a lot. So I recorded it. Then I added a second layer and a third layer. Pretty soon, I had a whole song complete with verses, bridge and chorus. Problem was, I had no lyrics for it. I didn't even have a concept for what this song might be about. As I was sitting there I looked into the living room where Susan was sitting on the couch contently watching Scrubs reruns and not complaining at all that I was off in my own little world making music. I thought, "I wonder if she would tell me if she was unhappy sitting there by herself while I record this record?" Then I thought, "I wonder if I would even want to know?" So there it was, the concept for the song. In about fifteen minutes, I had written out all the verses, bridge and chorus. And that is the story of "Tell Me". Here are the lyrics:

Verse 1
Tell me that you need me
Tell me you are there
Tell me that you want me
Tell me you’re not scared

Chorus
 I want to hear
All you don’t fear
Don’t tell me the truth

Verse 2
Baby are you with me
Maybe you could try
To tell me that you’re happy
Even when you cry

Chorus
I want to hear
All you don’t fear
Don’t tell me the truth

Bridge 1 (2X)
I got got it
Got got got it down
I’ve got got it
Got got got it down
I got got it
Got got got it down

Bridge 2
We’ve got, got it, got, got, got it
We’ve got, got it, got, got, got it down
We’ve got, got it, got, got, got it
We’ve got, got it, got, got, got it down

Verse 3
Lately we’re not sleeping
When we lie in bed
Worry is for the weeping
But sleeping is for the dead