Magnetic Fields: I Don't Want To Get Over You

This is a jolly, bouncy ditty of a song:

I don't want to get over you.

I guess I could take a sleeping pill and sleep at will

and not have to go through what I go through.

I guess I should take Prozac, right,

and just smile all night at somebody new,

Somebody not too bright but sweet and kind

who would try to get you off my mind.

I could leave this agony behind

which is just what I'd do if I wanted to,

but I don't want to get over you

cause I don't want to get over love.

I could listen to my therapist, pretend you don't exist

and not have to dream of what I dream of;

I could listen to all my friends

and go out again

and pretend it's enough,

or I could make a career of being blue

I could dress in black and read Camus,

smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth

like I was 17

that would be a scream

but I don't want to get over you.