Here's the meaning to the song.. from their MTV Article
Both songs, "Blind Truth" and "What I Want," made the record, and "What I Want" wound up being the first single. Johnson and Armstrong based the verses on Armstrong's separation from ex-wife Brody Dalle, but the track ultimately rings with hope.
"There's all this regret and realization about this shake-up," Johnson said. "It's saying, 'I was with this person who I thought was everything, and it ended up not working out and now my life is in disarray. But then the chorus kicks in and goes, 'This is what I want/ This is what I need/ This is exactly what I've been waiting for.' So it's all about things continuing on, no matter what."
Here's the meaning to the song.. from their MTV Article
Both songs, "Blind Truth" and "What I Want," made the record, and "What I Want" wound up being the first single. Johnson and Armstrong based the verses on Armstrong's separation from ex-wife Brody Dalle, but the track ultimately rings with hope.
"There's all this regret and realization about this shake-up," Johnson said. "It's saying, 'I was with this person who I thought was everything, and it ended up not working out and now my life is in disarray. But then the chorus kicks in and goes, 'This is what I want/ This is what I need/ This is exactly what I've been waiting for.' So it's all about things continuing on, no matter what."