Everybody Wants
Craving Connection: Paddy Casey's 'Everybody Wants' Unveils the Yearning for Significance
Lyrics
And I said I want you, to want me
The speaker expresses a desire for the other person to desire them.
Well I want you, to need me
The speaker desires to be essential or necessary to the other person.
'Cause everybody wants to feel needed some times
Everyone has a need to feel wanted or required at certain times.
Has the game changed, have the rules changed
The speaker questions if the dynamics of the situation have changed, wondering if the rules of the game or expectations have shifted.
And as we're getting older, is it getting colder
Reflecting on aging and wondering if things are becoming emotionally distant or less passionate.
If you know, well if you know now, won't you tell me
The speaker asks for insight or understanding about the situation from someone who might have knowledge.
Summers coming soon, my heart's been growing wild
Anticipation of a forthcoming season (summer) coinciding with strong emotions or desires.
I walk without planning, I walk just like a child
The speaker moves through life spontaneously, akin to a carefree child.
So go speed to somewhere, the world you can't control
Encouraging someone to hurry to a place where control is absent or uncertain.
So runs the resurrection, the tired souls
Reference to a renewal or rebirth of exhausted spirits or individuals.
And everybody wants to feel needed some times
Reiterating the universal desire to feel valued or needed.
The cold now don't let go, and why I need to know it
Expressing the reluctance of letting go of something cold or emotional, seeking understanding.
The west wind been calling, my heart is falling
The speaker feels drawn or attracted to something or someone, symbolized by the west wind, leading to emotional vulnerability.
In love with my shoes, walk off these blues
Using the act of walking away to alleviate feelings of sadness or depression.
World I have not seen, places I've not been
Expressing a longing for unexplored parts of the world or experiences.
'Cause everybody wants to feel needed some times
Reiteration of the common human desire to feel wanted or necessary.
And I said I want you, to want me
Repeating the desire for the other person to desire the speaker.
And I want you, to need me
Reiterating the wish to be essential or necessary to the other person.
'Cause everybody wants to feel needed some times
Emphasizing the universal need for people to feel wanted or needed at times.
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