Couldn’t Be Simpler - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

You want direct

You want a point that's a little less subtle

Do you expect me to explode like the Challenger shuttle?

You want a show with a celebrity-studded finale

Wouldn't you know?

I left my sequin suit at the football rally

You want desire

You want a burst of aesthetic transcendence

Do you require all your companions to be codependent?

You want a less miserable rise in the misery index

Wouldn't you guess?

You'd makе a better door than glass, Windex

I sprinklе ashes on my broth, it couldn't be simpler

I wear this air instead of cloth, it couldn't be simpler

Couldn't be simpler

I couldn't make it any simpler if I laid it in your lap

I couldn't make it any plainer if I drew a detailed map

You want direct

And you want desire

The scrupulous may be

Punished initially

As the brazen

You want defeat

You want a victory, quick and decisive

Do you retreat?

You maul these words of love just to be derisive

As they slip through my sieve

I keep my vigil in the woods, it couldn't be simpler

I abdicate all earthly goods, it couldn't be simpler

Couldn't be simpler

I couldn't make it any plainer if I laid down by your side

I couldn't make it any simpler if I tried