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All I Wanted
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Lyrics for All I Wanted as interpreted by hobomclacey

All I Wanted Lyrics

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Think of me when you're out
When you're out there
I'll beg you nice from my knees
And when the world treats you way too fairly
Well, it's a shame I'm a dream

All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you

I tihnk I'll pace my apartment a few times
And fall asleep on the couch
And wake up early to black and white reruns
That escape from my mouth

All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you

I could follow you to the beginning
Just to relive the start
Maybe then we'd remember to slow down
At all of our favorite parts

All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you

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thestormtonight
09-20-2009

Rated 0

Amazing Song!
Obviously about Josh.

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thestormtonight
09-20-2009

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Also I think its "black and white reruns"

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frenchie718
09-20-2009

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i'm dying to know whether it's about josh or chad..

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stevenisfading
09-21-2009

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Think of me when you're out when you're out there
I'll beg you nice from my knees
And when the world treats you way too fairly
Well it's a shame I'm a dream
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you

I think I'll pace my apartment a few times
And fall asleep on the couch
And wake up early to black and white reruns
That escape from my mouth (oh oh)

All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you

I could follow you to the beginning
Just to relive the start
Maybe then we'd remember to slow down
At all of our favorite parts

All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you
All I wanted was you

^ Those are the lyrics I believe are 100% correct.
This song is my life story...how pathetic.
Oh well I love this song in every single aspect. :D

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hobomclacey
09-21-2009

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thanks for the help! and yes this song is amazing and my life story as well.

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SUPGIRLSUP
09-21-2009

Rated +1

this song gives me the chills.
hayley can really belt it out.

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Like_A_Dove
09-22-2009

Rated +1

Pretty sure it's about Josh.

No words really. Best song on brand new eyes by far.

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xxbreakmedown
09-22-2009

Rated +3

it's about josh.

"I think I'll pace my apartment a few times
And fall asleep on the couch
And wake up early to black and white reruns
That escape from my mouth"

in the AP article, she mentioned how lonely she was and how she'd be up all night, just talking to fans because there was no one else around for her.

"I could follow you to the beginning
Just to relive the start
Maybe then we'd remember to slow down
At all of our favorite parts"

it sounds to me that she wants to go back into the past and relive every moment she had when she was with him, taking nothing for granted and making the best of her favorite times with him.

it's a beautiful song, and you can tell that she still cares for him a lot. brings me to tears every time.

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thisishowwedance
09-22-2009

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Josh. For sure.
"The Only Exception" is about Chad.

But yeah, I'm thinking Josh since it's always referring to the past,
like...
"I could follow you to the beginning
Just to relive the start
Maybe then we'd remember to slow down
At all of our favorite parts"

I think it's saying, in a way, that she still has feelings for him
(I'm probably gonna get massacred on here for saying that), but that's just
the message I got from listening to it. Others might have interpreted it differently.

To me, it's kind of the whole "I love you, but I can't" thing.

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thisishowwedance
09-22-2009

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P.S. Hayley has some amazing pipes on her! Seriously, I knew she could sing.. but I didn't know she could belt it out like that... "All I wanted was yooooUUUUUUU!" O.M.G.

I hope this song is on the set list!!!

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canvaswings
09-23-2009

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i didn't even think josh
and now reading these comments i feel dumb
especially with the way xxbreakmedown put it.
extremely makes me tear up
even more now

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hobomclacey
09-23-2009

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yeah it is def about josh. i'm sure she wrote the lyrics around the breakup.

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Fade 2 black
09-23-2009

Rated +1

I notice some odd influences in this song... Riffs in the style of The Receiving End Of Sirens? Guitar ambience and crescendo crash in the style of Explosions in the Sky? Mogwai/Mew-esque chord progressions? Looks like Paramore are embracing the Post- genres of Rock in and interesting way that retains the perfect Paramore cadence. This really does set their sound above Riot!'s quite considerably...

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LivAlexander
09-23-2009

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Maybe then we'd remember to slow down
At all of our favorite parts

F*cking brilliant.
And the belting at the end...wow.

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MusicLover23
09-24-2009

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This is amazing!

Kick ass song! Love it!

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canvaswings
09-25-2009

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it's not about josh at all it turns out.

i just got my bne deluxe with a version of her journal.
in it she wrote about chad leaving for tour for the first time
and it was an "emo day", insecurities bubbling to the top and what not.

so yeah. even after the blunt revealing of hayley and josh's relationship in AP
we might have still been hoping?
i do like chad a lot though.

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aodorisio10
09-25-2009

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This has come to be my favorite song on their new cd. It is incredible. How Hayley can hit those notes.. I have no idea but it gives me chills all throughout my body every time she does. Every hair on my body stands. It's funny how much this song explains my so called love life.. or what it used to be anyway.

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thrwmyhrtawy.
09-26-2009

Rated -1

taylor swift much?

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aodorisio10
09-29-2009

Rated 0

How is this in anyway like Taylor Swift?
Have you even heard the actual song yet or are you just basing that opinion on the lyrics?

Give it a listen and then maybe that whole Taylor Swift vibe will be erased.

It's nothing like a Taylor Swift song.

thrwmyhrtawy.
10-04-2009

Rated 0

yes, i have heard the song before i even posted this comment.
i didn't say it was like a taylor swift song, of course it isn't.
thank you though for assuming you know what i meant?

codiekinzzz
11-09-2009

Rated 0

I can kinda see what you mean, not in style but in lyrics & subject matter, however I feel that Taylors lyrics are quite basic, simply saying what she means, where as Paramore and more metaphorical and symbolic at times? Don't get me wrong, somehow I love 'em both, I just think they're slightly different :)

codiekinzzz
11-09-2009

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theycameforannahh
09-26-2009

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favorite from the new album.

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Evanescence09
09-26-2009

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What is everyone's fixation with Hayley and Josh fancying each other? Can't they just be friends? Just because they're round the same age and both pretty doesn't mean they love each other. It could be about literally anyone.

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canvaswings
09-27-2009

Rated 0

well they did date. idk if you know about them finally bringing it up in an AP interview.

i totally agree they can just be friends and think thats why they called it off in the first place. but i think people were thinking maybe it was something she wrote during the break up or about the trouble they were going through after cancelling that uk tour.

Evanescence09
09-28-2009

Rated 0

"For the record Williams and Josh are not dating, although many of their fans-as well as their peers-assume otherwise. "People are obsessed with that, but we're not," Josh answers when asked about the duo's relationship, "Everybody in the band all had crushes on her when she was in high school, but she's not that type of girl. There really are so many attractive things about her: She's fun to be around, has a good personality and of course she's cute, so I can see why people would think that."

That doesn't say they are dating OR dated?

giveuslifeagain
09-28-2009

Rated 0

They have dated in the past.

"there was just too much speculation... it's like... yeah, we dated... just like most 15 year olds do. only we happened to have been in the same band. we didn't want it to be a big deal but then we ended up making it a big deal trying to keep it on the DL. now it's out and everyone can get it out of their systems haha. we aren't ashamed or anything and we're past it having ever been an issue. time to focus on the important things... with no skeletons in closet!"

That was a reply Hayley made to someone in an entry on their livejournal.

Evanescence09
09-29-2009

Rated 0

Okay then, just couldn't find it in the interview he/she specified above me. Still, the fixation on those getting together again is boring and silly. They dated 5 years ago in that case. So what's the deal about it being about the song? She could have dated loads ovv people in five years and such, people need to get a grip and be fans of the music,, and not just "omg they're soooo cuteeee together!"

giveuslifeagain
09-29-2009

Rated 0

They actually broke up in like, 2008. Around the time the band almost split up.

But yeah, the song isn't about Josh. Plain and simple. Though it will still be in my mind~

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canuck13
09-28-2009

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I don't even have words for this song. The vibe that I get from this is just that things get so crazy sometimes and we forget about all that we have and all that we've wanted. I think Hayley is just trying to say that's it's really simple. We just have simple needs. ahhhhh I love this so much. Definitely one of my favorites from bne

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samthedrummer
09-28-2009

Rated 0

This song isn't about anything in particular. Chad was going on tour, and Hayley was bored, so she wrote a sad song...

If anything, it's about Chad, not even close to Josh!

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thebodyelectric
09-29-2009

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Wow. Just wow. This song is haunting. The chorus espceially. Even though she's saying the same thing over and over again, it really drives the point home. The meaning is obvious. Someone who was there for her isn't there anymore. This is her thinking about the good times they had and how "all she wanted was you." I feel like I really relate to this song because this guy I was with for almost a year broke it off about a month ago. Even though I try to move on, I can't help but think about the times we had. Great song by Paramore.

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thebodyelectric
09-29-2009

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Another thing I wanted to add. The line when she sings "Well, it's a shame I'm a dream". I find this to be really interesting and relatable to so many people. Like this person was everything and you were everything to them and now that they've probably moved on, everything that you once had with this person is a "dream"...almost like it never happened. So sad.

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DanaTheGoldfish
09-29-2009

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This song is tied for my favorite song on the album. Hayley's voice is so amazing in it. I would DIE to hear an acoustic version of this song.

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