Everything You Want Lyrics
Somewhere there's speaking
It's already coming in
Oh, and it's rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you're here and you don't know why
But under skinned knees and the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won't return
[Chorus 1]
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
[Verse 2]
You're waiting for someone
To put you together
You're waiting for someone to push you away
There's always another wound to discover
There's always something more you wish he'd say
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
[Bridge]
But you'll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It's only what you're asking for
And you'll be just fine
With all of your time
It's only what you're waiting for
[Verse 3]
Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away the
Anger of angels who won't return
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why
[Chorus 2]
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you
And I don't know why
[Outro]
And I don't know why
Why
I don't know
About
“Everything You Want” was one of the most played singles in 2000. The eponymous single off Vertical Horizon’s third studio album, the track skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard charts and engraved their name in mainstream with what is arguably the band’s most popular single.
The story behind this, as Matt Scannell, (the lead singer of the band) explains:
[…] I was in love with this girl, and she was just a broken person. She kept turning to everyone except me for love and acceptance, and I wanted so much to help her. I wanted to be the one to give her everything she wanted, but I couldn’t. She just couldn’t accept it from me, and it was that pain, that led me to creating the song.
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According to The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits, Matt Scannell explained:
I was lying in bed and I heard a chord progression in my head. I keep a microcassette recorder on the side of the bed and sang what I heard to be a bass line. And then I realized I had this idea buzzing through me.
The above book quotes Scannell’s reaction to reaching number one in the US:
I never felt ‘Everything You Want’ would be what I became. It was a good song. I was very proud of it. But I had no idea what would happen with it.
- 1.We Are
- 2.You’re a God
- 3.Everything You Want
- 5.You Say
- 6.Finding Me
- 7.Miracle
- 8.Send It Up
- 10.All of You
- 11.Shackled