Descending The Stairs
[Verse 1]
Descending the stairs
I start with the feeling
That something I needed was lost
And going through my pockets
I wasn't really sure what it was
And walking through the morning air
I get a feeling that something
Was no longer there
So I went through all my pockets again
And didn't know what I lost
[Bridge]
Then back up the stairs
That night when I switched
On the light it felt empty and dark
The answer came through
To me clear as a voice
From above
[Chorus]
That I
Can live
Without
Anything
If I
Can live
Without love
[Verse 2]
I don't need a million things
Need a brighter screen
Need a tropical dream
I don't need the latest wheels
Just to roll me around
I don't need to dress to impress
Keeping up with the rest
Stamp a brand on my chest
I don't need to read
About the breeding of the greedy and loud
[Bridge]
I don't need position
I don't need confession
I don't need a session to talk
Nothing's important
Now I'm living somewhere above
[Chorus]
Cause I
Can live
Without
Anything
Now I
Can live
Without love
Cause I
Can live
Without
Anything
Now I
Can live
Without love
(Love...)
[Break] (Interviewer & Charles Bukowski)
- What's your definition of love?
- Love? It's kind of like, you know, when you see a fog in the morning, when you wake up before the sun comes out. It's just there a little while, and then it burns away...
- Really?
- Absolutely
- It burns away?
- Yes. Quickly
[Verse 3]
I don't need permission
Public exhibitions
Holding my position
Changing my decisions
Wondering just why
And where, and how, and when
And what is allowed
Late night complications
Futile conversations
Endlessly revolving
Through the same few situations
I don't need to read
About the breeding of the greedy and loud
(Getting louder, and louder, and louder, and louder...)
[Bridge]
I don't need position
I don't need confession
I don't need a session to talk
Nothing's important
Now I'm living somewhere above
(Above, above, above, above, above, above, above, above...)
[Chorus]
Cause I
Can live
Without
Anything
Now I
Can live
Without love
(love, love, love, love...)
Cause I
Can live
Without
Anything
Now I
Can live
Without love
(Without love)
