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If I Wanted Someone Lyrics
like the memory from your mother’s house from before you got too old
like the feeling from a photograph before it’s meanings all got told
the words I say can be silver, but what’s left unsaid can be gold
so get to know me once I go away
maybe ‘cause I come from such an empty-hearted town
or maybe ‘cause some love of mine had really let me down
but the only time I am lonely is when others are around
I just never end up knowing what to say
if I wanted someone to clean me up, I’d find myself a maid
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn’t need to get paid
if I wanted someone to understand me, I’d have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
I took everything I thought from what it means to be a man
we need words to be put to what we do not understand
while you lean into the echoes and you do not raise a hand
oh woman, help me see it like it is
if I wanted someone to clean me up, I’d find myself a maid
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn’t need to get paid
if I wanted someone to understand me, I’d have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
if I wanted someone to clean me up, I’d find myself a maid
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn’t need to get paid
if I wanted someone to cut me down, I’d have handed you the blade
I want you to make the days move easy
I just want you to make the days move easy
like the feeling from a photograph before it’s meanings all got told
the words I say can be silver, but what’s left unsaid can be gold
so get to know me once I go away
or maybe ‘cause some love of mine had really let me down
but the only time I am lonely is when others are around
I just never end up knowing what to say
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn’t need to get paid
if I wanted someone to understand me, I’d have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
we need words to be put to what we do not understand
while you lean into the echoes and you do not raise a hand
oh woman, help me see it like it is
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn’t need to get paid
if I wanted someone to understand me, I’d have so much more to say
I want you to make the days move easy
if I wanted someone to spend my money, I wouldn’t need to get paid
if I wanted someone to cut me down, I’d have handed you the blade
I want you to make the days move easy
I just want you to make the days move easy
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I think its about wanting to be with someone without all the sh*t that comes with relationships... Just something that makes life EMOTIONALLY easier. Nothing complicated.
"If I wanted somone to spend my money I wouldn't need to get paid' I don't get it.
@TazSnth I would say he has someone in his life that spends all his money. I used to tell my wife: " It doesn't matter what I get paid, you always spend more!"
@TazSnth I would say he has someone in his life that spends all his money. I used to tell my wife: " It doesn't matter what I get paid, you always spend more!"
@TazSnth What he's saying is that he isn't rich; If he was extremely wealthy then he could use someone to help him spend all of his money. But he isn't extremely wealthy, he's just a regular joe, so he has to work to get paid and he doesn't need anybody to spend the little money he makes.
@TazSnth What he's saying is that he isn't rich; If he was extremely wealthy then he could use someone to help him spend all of his money. But he isn't extremely wealthy, he's just a regular joe, so he has to work to get paid and he doesn't need anybody to spend the little money he makes.
This is the only song on the album that I'm disappointed by. And don't get me wrong; it's a great song. However, having heard them play it live several times, I was expecting a little more-- it's a little slow and less intense than it could be. That being said, this is a great follow up to an amazing debut album. If you haven't, SEE THEM LIVE. Easily one of the most entertaining bands to experience live.
This sounds a lot like a political statement.