This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Our sad eyes they don't keep me alive
Not like they used to
Not like they used to
And your cold feet they wont find their way to me
It's not like you want them to
It's not like you want them to
And your big heart, it won't tear me apart
Not like it used to
Not like it used to
Its all about
It's all about
It's all about
It''s all about
What you wanted
Am I what you wanted?
Your cold hands, are they gonna catch me if you can?
Its not like you want them to
Its not like you want them to
And your long legs, they could carry you to me
Its not like you want them to
Its not like you want th
Its all about
Its all about
Its all about
Its all about
What you wanted
Am I what you wanted?
It's all about you
It's all about you
It's always about you
It's always about you
Its all about
It's all about
What you wanted
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Oh, my love
Not like they used to
Not like they used to
And your cold feet they wont find their way to me
It's not like you want them to
It's not like you want them to
And your big heart, it won't tear me apart
Not like it used to
Not like it used to
Its all about
It's all about
It's all about
It''s all about
What you wanted
Am I what you wanted?
Your cold hands, are they gonna catch me if you can?
Its not like you want them to
Its not like you want them to
And your long legs, they could carry you to me
Its not like you want them to
Its not like you want th
Its all about
Its all about
Its all about
Its all about
What you wanted
Am I what you wanted?
It's all about you
It's all about you
It's always about you
It's always about you
Its all about
It's all about
What you wanted
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Am I what you wanted?
Oh, my love
Lyrics submitted by Loni_lovesalot
What You Wanted Lyrics as written by Julia Stone Angus Stone
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I think it's about a very on and off relationship and this song is the female persona finally realising that her love will never full commit or make up his mind, and that it wasn't her fault.
this song sounds amazing on the cd, but when i saw julia sing it live it was so heart felt that i almost wanted to cry, she put so much emotion in to her voice and lyrics. it's a simple song but so beautiful.
just right now, 2 minutes ago, i completly understood this song. i loved it since i first heard it last year, but just literally 2 minutes ago, i understood it completly. 1,5 months ago i moved from germany to california, to work as a nanny. it was planned since last october, this january though i got to know a boy from massachusetts and i fell in love with him. he visited me in germany before i left for the us, he was telling me how he will move to cali for me so we can be together. everything seemed perfect. then, about 3 weeks ago i lost my job. he came to get me from cali, told me i can live with him, what i am doing now. he is really awesome, supports me a lot... i dont have any money right now, no job... i am illegal right now, are about to discuss what happens (marriage, sponsoring for a green card).. he just cares for me. but then, 2 days ago i tumbled over an instant message history... 2 weeks before he took me home to his place, he talked/joked about fucking this girl, though he only knows over the internet. he said he is sorry, that he should have acted more mature about it.. even though we weren't a couple. and i asked him if he is happy, and he said yes and he doesnt want me to go, and that he loves that i am around him. i understand that we weren't an official couple but it hurts so fucking much. and i am just questioning myself: AM I WHAT YOU REALLY WANTED?
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Favourtie Angus and Julia song...its just wonderful and really expresses the common issue between couples. Oh I love it so much....her voice is just magical.
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these long legs, could carry me to you and i want them to you are what i wanted oh, my love
this song is simple yet so meaningful. it makes me teary everytime i hear it. i am always asking am i what you want?
it means he is falling out of love with her, and yet the relationship is still going on it sounds like my relationship!