Still Lit — I Need A Lot

"I Need A Lot" by Still Lit is about what happens when you've spent so long minimizing your needs that asking for anything substantial starts to feel unreasonable. It's about recognizing that wanting trust, consistency, honesty, and something strong enough to survive the hard parts isn't asking for perfection. It's refusing to keep calling scraps enough. Maybe that sounds like a lot. I need a lot. Still Lit — I Need A Lot [Intro] [Verse 1] You give me pieces, call it whole, Just enough to keep control. Every promise comes with terms, Every bridge already burned. I learned to swallow every need, Make myself easier to keep. Every time I disappeared, You liked me better barely here. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I stayed quiet too long. Maybe I kept calling this enough. [Chorus] I don't need perfection, I don't need you on your knees. I need something I can trust When the ground gives out beneath me. More than good intentions, More than words you never keep. Maybe that sounds like a lot— I need a lot. [Instrumental Turn] [Verse 2] I made a home inside the lack, Stopped expecting something back. Called it patience, called it strength, Anything to make it make sense. You made me starve, then watched me eat, Called me hard to fucking feed. Like wanting something built to last Was more than I deserved to ask. [Pre-Chorus 2] Maybe I stayed empty too long. Maybe less was never enough. [Chorus] I don't need perfection, I don't need some grand belief. I need someone who can stay When I'm harder to fucking reach. More than temporary, More than almost, more than cheap. If that means I'm asking too much— I need a lot. [Breakdown] You gave me almost. I called it love. You gave me silence. I filled it up. You gave me pieces And made me choose— Between needing nothing Or needing you. [Instrumental Breakdown] [Bridge] I'm done apologizing For the weight of what I feel. Done shrinking every fucking thing Just to make it easier to deal. If you only want the version That never asks you for a thing— You never wanted all of me. [Final Chorus] I don't need perfection, I just need something real. Something strong enough to hold When there's nothing left to shield. I need truth without conditions, I need room enough to breathe. Maybe that sounds like a lot— I need a lot. [Final Extension] Not everything. Not endlessly. Just more than what You gave to me. And if that's still Too much to keep— Then I need a lot... But I don't need you. [Outro]