In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
(Kristyn Osborn/Connie Harrington)
Man Speaks:
Everybody wants you
(Laughs)
Paper-faced, sterilized
Ravenous enough to swallow the lies
What on earth did we do
Before this town invented you
With life exaggerated
You must be so elated
How does it feel now that
Everybody wants you, everybody wants you
You're so ideal now that
Everybody wants you
Will you even cry, cry, cry
Falling from that high, high, high
Everybody wants you
Hey yeah oh
Through the gloss, looking smooth
Flash a smile that climatizes the room
But all the hype and hot air
Can't cover up what's under there
You're stylishly contagious
Until they flip the pages
How does it feel now that
Everybody wants you, everybody wants you
You're so ideal now that
Everybody wants you
Will you even cry, cry, cry
Falling from that high, high, high
Everybody wants you
What will you do when they don't, don't, don't want
you
And how (how) will you feel
When you have to get real
Is this picture all too vivid
'Cause you look a little livid
How does it feel now that
Everybody wants you, everybody wants you
You're so ideal now that
Everybody wants you
Will you even cry, cry, cry
Falling from that high, high, high
Everybody wants you
Yeah, yeah, yeah everybody wants you
Everybody wants you
Everybody wants you (everybody wants you)
Everybody wants you (everybody wants you)
Everybody wants you
Everybody wants you
Everybody wants you
Oh, everybody
Everybody wants you, wants you
Yeah yeah, everybody wants you (yeah)
Everybody wants you, wants you
Yeah yeah, everybody wants you
Man Speaks:
Everybody wants you
(Laughs)
Paper-faced, sterilized
Ravenous enough to swallow the lies
What on earth did we do
Before this town invented you
With life exaggerated
You must be so elated
How does it feel now that
Everybody wants you, everybody wants you
You're so ideal now that
Everybody wants you
Will you even cry, cry, cry
Falling from that high, high, high
Everybody wants you
Hey yeah oh
Through the gloss, looking smooth
Flash a smile that climatizes the room
But all the hype and hot air
Can't cover up what's under there
You're stylishly contagious
Until they flip the pages
How does it feel now that
Everybody wants you, everybody wants you
You're so ideal now that
Everybody wants you
Will you even cry, cry, cry
Falling from that high, high, high
Everybody wants you
What will you do when they don't, don't, don't want
you
And how (how) will you feel
When you have to get real
Is this picture all too vivid
'Cause you look a little livid
How does it feel now that
Everybody wants you, everybody wants you
You're so ideal now that
Everybody wants you
Will you even cry, cry, cry
Falling from that high, high, high
Everybody wants you
Yeah, yeah, yeah everybody wants you
Everybody wants you
Everybody wants you (everybody wants you)
Everybody wants you (everybody wants you)
Everybody wants you
Everybody wants you
Everybody wants you
Oh, everybody
Everybody wants you, wants you
Yeah yeah, everybody wants you (yeah)
Everybody wants you, wants you
Yeah yeah, everybody wants you
Lyrics submitted by sweetkakes419
Everybody Wants You Lyrics as written by Kristyn Osborn Connie Harrington
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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