The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
If you'd come clean about everything, it would be easy for you, to be sorry.
If you'd see all the possibilities, we might not still be standing where we started.
Oh no, don't let me go for this, don't let me go for this.
I might be a fool, you might be one too.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but I don't care tonight.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
You'd say we were just a big mistake.
I think it's worth making, worth repeating.
I would say good things come to those who wait,
I would say anything if you'd believe it.
Oh no, don't let me go for this, don't let me go for this.
I might be a fool, you might be one too.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but I don't care tonight.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Maybe we're perfect, but not meant to be.
Maybe were more than the light ever seen.
Maybe were not meant to not disagree.
Maybe were crazy baby.
If you'd come clean about everything, it would be easy for you, to be sorry.
If you'd see all the possibilities, we might not still be standing where we started.
Oh no, don't let me go for this, don't let me go for this.
I might be a fool, you might be one too.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but I don't care tonight.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right but I don't care tonight. (Maybe were all that we needed.)
Two wrongs don't make a right but I don't care tonight. (Maybe were all that we needed.)
If you'd see all the possibilities, we might not still be standing where we started.
Oh no, don't let me go for this, don't let me go for this.
I might be a fool, you might be one too.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but I don't care tonight.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
You'd say we were just a big mistake.
I think it's worth making, worth repeating.
I would say good things come to those who wait,
I would say anything if you'd believe it.
Oh no, don't let me go for this, don't let me go for this.
I might be a fool, you might be one too.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but I don't care tonight.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Maybe we're perfect, but not meant to be.
Maybe were more than the light ever seen.
Maybe were not meant to not disagree.
Maybe were crazy baby.
If you'd come clean about everything, it would be easy for you, to be sorry.
If you'd see all the possibilities, we might not still be standing where we started.
Oh no, don't let me go for this, don't let me go for this.
I might be a fool, you might be one too.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but I don't care tonight.
Maybe we're all that we needed.
Two wrongs don't make a right but I don't care tonight. (Maybe were all that we needed.)
Two wrongs don't make a right but I don't care tonight. (Maybe were all that we needed.)
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All That We Needed Lyrics as written by Thomas John Higgenson Shelly Peiken
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is best when performed live!! yesss! I Love The Plain White T's. sooo awesome!
This song is best when performed live!! yesss! I Love The Plain White T's. sooo awesome!
a correction: "maybe we're perfect, but not meant to be. or more alike than we're willing to see " etc.
I love this song. meaning is obvious. they broke up, but he doesn't want to accept that they are over and shouldn't have gotten together in the first place, etc. It's so sweet. Plain white t's rock my socks!
another correction: "maybe we're perfectly not meant to be" etc sorry to be so picky, but it does change the meaning I still love it!
this song is mint not a patch on hey there delilah but still thats because its a different mood i love it
listen to the begining of this song, and then listen to the begining of fall out boy's dance dance.
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if you knew your music you would know its a cover off the guitar riff of "close to me" by the Cure
I love both songs, but completely agree with airplanes. exact same intro...i thought it was my imagination.
i lovee this song..its sound like fall out boys dance dance in the beggining..but w/e
Actually, the introduction is similiar in beat, but slightly different. My boyfriend's a drummer, and he's managed to compare the both and try it out on the drums. Apparently it's similiar, but not exact; some of the beat is off and there's fill-ins in other places that aren't in Dance, Dance - Fall Out Boy.
As for the song, I think it's alright. Probably not the best out of all of them, but the meaning's is pretty obvious; just like most of the songs that are by the Plain White T's. That's what I seem to love about them; it helps us find a soundtrack to our life... instead of spending hours trying to depict lyrics.
This isn't a song that I could relate to, but I can see the possibilities of how it could relate to those out there, especially couples who are in the same situation as the one being messaged through the lyrics. As far as the music goes, I think it's got a decent beat; not the kind that'll give me chills, though.
i guess the meaning is pretty obvious. he wanted the girl to be honest with him. their relationship was still the same as when it began and he wanted to fix tht. they were fools, and their relationship was probably a mistake, but he didnt regret it. theyre probably not perfect for one another but they make actually b more alike than they know<br /> <br /> this reminds me a lot of my exboyfriend. i sometimes think that all that we really needed to fix our relationship was to be more open with one another, but instead our relationship went nowhere. we were fools and the nearly 3 months i spent with him were probably a mistake but im glad i made it and i wouldve done it again because without that bad relationship, i wouldnt realize how much my current bf means to me. ive assumed me and my ex werent meant to be, but maybe we were and just didnt no each other well enough.