Overrated

This song is saying that he will give her everything that she wants because he loves her so much. It is such a sweet song. I wish someone would say that to me.

That's exactly how I see it. I love this song!

Over the summer, I made a new friend. We had so many things in common, a passion for music being one. We both loved Gavin Degraw, and he told me this was one of his favorite songs on the album. That day I learned how to play Overrated on acoustic and then showed him how. From then on, we started to think of each other differently. I can really relate to the lyrics, "You stopped me where I stood," because it's like I stopped dead in my tracks the night I realized how much I cared about this guy. And I often wondered what he and I would "be like" if we ever got serious. Compared to being with him, everything else in life seemed overrated to me. And that's what Gavin is singing about--how the person you are falling for makes everything else around you seem like an exaggeration.

agree with all of you.. 'meaning' and 'over-rated' is about the same thing, that love is all in the world.. the meaning with life is love and then everythingelse is over-rated... all Gavins songs are so true to real life.. I share his feelings, "I just wanna give it all to you" and "It's all for you", awesome song, one of my Gavinfavorites..

Um, guys, this song is about sex.

Maybe also about the relationship between love and sex, and how the two compliment each other to create a much richer experiment, but sex nonetheless.

The guy is trying to convey to her the desires he has to take their relationship to the next level. "what I'm anticipating, everything else will be overrated" And I won't even get into the innuendo-filled lyric of "open up, let me fill your cup.."

Also, I love the tone of voice he takes in the line "you speak kind". So wry, you can literally hear the sarcasm dripping off it. Or maybe its smothered lust? Hehe.

Um...musicmax: clearly you're a nympho!! - This song is not about sex, it's about love and how it completely and utterly takes precedence over anything else going on in your life. Nothing else matters…and it’s uncontrollable! This song is sick and gavin’s voice is so sexy (apu)!

I always saw it as about sex, too.

i see this song as a great wedding song. i can also relate it to my rel'p. it can be about sex but i think its more about this loving relationship moving forward to a deeper commitment.