Our Lady Peace

All For You

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A suburban man at my door
But I don’t think I’ll let him in
He wants discipline
Discipline, control over the way I live
Wants the best for me
Old school philosophy
But I can’t turn my back on him
He’s a part of me
Buy me anything but I just need a friend

It’s all for you
You got me where you want
It’s all for you, oh
Just stop breaking my heart
You’re the blood i'm a seed and it's all that I need
Got me where you want
It’s all for you, oh
You got me, oh, you got me

Jack Kerouac KKKKerouac
On the road and in my head
I need relevance, intelligence
A new tattoo a lot more sex
Broken families
A new enemy
And you will not make up for this
This suburban man he wants discipline
But I just need a friend

It’s all for you, oh
You got me where you want
It’s all for you. oh
Just stop breaking my heart
You’re the blood i'm a seed and it's all that I need
You Got me where you want
It’s all for you, oh
You got me, oh, you got me where you want

Leave me alone
Well leave me alone

It's you, oh
You got me where you want
All for you,oh, stop breaking my heart

You, oh
You got me where you want
It's all for you, oh
Stop breaking my, stop breaking my heart
You’re the blood i'm a seed and it's that I need
Got me where you want
It's all for you, oh
Cause you got me, oh, you got me where you want
It’s all for you, oh
Just stop breaking my, stop breaking my heart
It’s all for you, oh
Got me, got me where you want
It’s all for you
My heart
It’s all for you, oh
You got me oh, you got me where you want

Leave me alone

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lostprophets01 On Jul 23, 2002

A suburban man at my door 
But I don’t think I’ll let him in 
He wants discipline 
Discipline, control over the way I live 
Wants the best for me 
Old school philosophy 
But I can’t turn my back on him 
He’s a part of me 
Buy me anything but I just need a friend

It’s all for you 
You got me where you want 
It’s all for you, oh 
Just stop breaking my heart 
You’re the blood i'm a seed and it's all that I need 
Got me where you want 
It’s all for you, oh 
You got me, oh, you got me

Jack Kerouac KKKKerouac 
On the road and in my head 
I need relevance, intelligence 
A new tattoo a lot more sex 
Broken families 
A new enemy 
And you will not make up for this 
This suburban man he wants discipline 
But I just need a friend

It’s all for you, oh
You got me where you want 
It’s all for you. oh
Just stop breaking my heart 
You’re the blood i'm a seed and it's all that I need 
You Got me where you want 
It’s all for you, oh 
You got me, oh, you got me where you want

Leave me alone 
Well leave me alone

It's you, oh
You got me where you want 
All for you,oh, stop breaking my heart

You, oh
You got me where you want 
It's all for you, oh 
Stop breaking my, stop breaking my heart 
You’re the blood i'm a seed and it's that I need 
Got me where you want 
It's all for you, oh 
Cause you got me, oh, you got me where you want 
It’s all for you, oh 
Just stop breaking my, stop breaking my heart 
It’s all for you, oh 
Got me, got me where you want 
It’s all for you 
My heart 
It’s all for you, oh 
You got me oh, you got me where you want

Leave me alone

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2002-07-23 23:33:03

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by stoles44

24y ago

anyone who grew up in the 'burbs should relate to this song. i know the 'suburban man...' lyric is only a small part of the song, but it says so much, part of what makes OLP so kick-ass.

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by iamlucasking

20y ago

wow, this song hasnt been talked about in a while.. ;) but i JUST found this site.. and actually saw OLP in concert the summer this cd was released.. and as usual, waited outside by their bus to hang out with the band after the concert (SO cool how they hang out with their fans afterwards) anyways, i had a copy of most of the songs on the cd before it came out (it wasnt out before the concert) and i was actually wondering on the meaning of this song - so i asked raine.. and indeed, the song is about his father.

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by scifox

17y ago

I'd say that this song looks at the Freudian divisions of the human psyche: the suburban man is the superego, what society expects us to be. The Jack Kerouac segment is the opposite, the impulsive id. In the middle of this battlefield is the ego, the "I."

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