She [Thérèse] believed that the sublime splendour of ordinary existence was hidden from those who lived embedded in it, that for them the bread of every day must lose its savour. Only hearts like hers, fated to bear an infinite frustration, could feed on its intolerable absence.

– François Mauriac – Thérèse

Now I’m in town, break it down …

ciao, seems that life is great no

See me lose focus, as I sing to you loud

and I can’t, no, I won’t hush

I’ll say the words that make you blush

I’m gonna sing this now

See, I’m true, my songs are where my heart is …

See, I’m real, I do it all, it’s all me

I’m not fake, don’t ever call me lazy

I won’t stay put, give me the chance to be free …

I sing and write my own tune

And I write my own verso

Don’t need another word-smith to make my tune sell …

I sing fast, I know that all my shit’s cool

I will blast and I didn’t go to Brit School

I came fast with the way I act, right

I can’t last if I’m smoking on a crack pipe …

My mind will always be stronger than my songs are

Never believe the bullshit that fake guys feed to ya …

When I perform live, feels like I am meditating …

‘Cause with the lyrics I’ll be aiming it right …

now I’m on arabian nights

Because I’m young and all my brothers gonna give me advice

Long nighter, short height and I’m gone hyper

Never be anything but a singer-songwriter

The games over but now I’m on a new level …

People think that I’m bound to blow up

I’ve done around about a thousand shows

But I haven’t got a house plus I live on the couch

So you can be the lyrics when I’m singing them out …

So now I’m back to the sofa giving a dose of what the future holds …

Gonna be breaking into other people’s tunes when I chase it

And replace it with the elephant in the room with a facelift

Into another rappers shoes using new laces

Selling cds from my rucksack …

Nationwide til’ we’re just jack, soon as I get the bus back …

Truly broke, never growing up call me Ruffio …

They say I’m up and coming like I’m fucking in an elevator

‘Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you

You need me, man, I don’t need you

You need me, man, I don’t need you, at all …

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvzzTICvJs

Ed Sheeran – You Need Me, I Don’t Need You