Too proud to bend she is
Playing a solemn charade
Oh, she's hurting inside,
She don't want no one to know
Poised upon a carousel
Waiting for her prize
Right in her own mind, but you don't get something for nothing
Self composed she stands alone in a darkened cell
But you know she's only fooling herself
Now she can't get down from that pedestal that she's grown
She don't need love
She's holding on, she's holding out
For something better
Oh, she don't know what to believe
Waiting for that sign
As anger tears up in her eyes,
She can't understand how things can go so wrong
Watching with eyes closed
Once again she feels the weight from that cross she bears
With the sounds she self inflicts in despair
Twice the man can't get closer than me
Try as you will
She don't need love
Opportunity knocks on her door
And greets her with a smile
She can't get past closed doors in her past
She's lost the keys for a long long while
Now she's ready to come out and greet circumstance
But it's gone because she's waited too long
Now and then you think she'll understand
But she don't
She don't need love