HOVERCRAFT

Grimsby 1995 → somewhere in the future

Songbook / words & recordings

I Love You And I Don't Want You To Die

Hovercraft song file · /lyrics/i-love-you-and-i/

01 / The words

Written by Piers "Charlie Pepper" Wildman

Current recording: Doomed To Live

Wildman / Marsden / Downing / Downing · Lyrics: Wildman
From the 1996 sessions · Reconstructed 2026 · Doomed To Live, Side C 

You're the Sunshine
You're the blue in my sky

Without you babe
There ain't enough air to help me die

Well I love you
And I don't want you to die

When you're lonely
You know that I'll come by

Without you babe
There ain't nothing to get me high

Well I love you
And I don't want you to die

I'll be there babe
Where the river comes running dry

I'll be there babe
When the Sun's fallin' out the sky

Well I love you
But I don't want you to die

03 / The dossier

About this song.

Written by
Piers "Charlie Pepper" Wildman
Work
Original

A blunt plea built from love, dependence and fear. By the end, presence matters more than rescue.

Source & versions

The final performance makes a small but emotionally significant conjunction change in its closing refrain.