Tired of chasing my dreams
They're always twisting
Always scream
To follow down the strangest roads
In back seats indoors

I will love what you want me to love
Oh, I will bleed when you want me to bleed
But I don't want to know too much of anything
Because it all hurts me

Come on, don't push me down that road

I'm always twisting, always sold
I'm follow, all made up how you'd like
In back seats, indoors

I will love what you want me to love
Oh, I will bleed when you want me to bleed
But I don't want to know too much of anything
Because it all hurts me
Oh it all hurts me


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Who I Want You to Love Lyrics as written by Jack Michael Antonoff Emile Haynie

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    This song's about emotional exhaustion and walls. "I dont wanna know too much of anything" explains an anxiousness cycle of love. Jack has his heart on guard because he's grown accustomed to getting his hopes up and losing out on dreams time and time again. The verse serves as a sort of short freedom from it and dividing line (Jack hopes). The outro regresses into Jack reflecting on his feelings and his need to change. He wishes he could be as give emotionally to his friends, family and partners like he did when he was younger and less battle scarred, those emotions are like "a giant ocean frozen underneath it's surface."

    (And I really wanna be grateful for the experience that I've had) (Being trapped in like a total weird bubble world) (Because there's a giant ocean frozen underneath it's surface) (And the cracks on it's surface made it clear that there was warm water bubbling up from within)

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