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Artist: You Animals
Canonical path: /you-animals/what-you-want-what-you-need
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What You Want What You Need
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What You Want What You Need
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He was in the basement trying to make some sense after everything
You know you know you know
It’s getting hard to tell when you’re feeling unwell and split between
You go you go you go
He thinks he’s gonna stay but when the kids are led astray they’ll never change
You know you know you know
He’s been living in a dream world it’s easy when you’re lost and you’re looking strange
You go you go you go
We’re never gonna fall in love oh whatever
Its the jigsaw pieces we cant fit together
We’re never gonna fall in love oh whatever
Its the jigsaw pieces we cant fit together, no
Looking in the basement trying to make some sense after everything
You know you know you know
Its getting hard to tell you’re never feeling unwell and split between
You go you go you go
He thinks he’s gonna stay but when the kids are led astray they’ll never change
You know you know you know
You’re living in a dream world oh when you’re lost and you’re looking strange
You go you go you go
We’re never gonna fall in love oh whatever
Its the jigsaw pieces we cant fit together
We’re never gonna fall in love oh whatever
Its the jigsaw pieces we cant fit together, no
Yeah we tried to be something else inside that room
I changed but i cant face it all
Yeah we tried to be something else inside that room
I want it all but i’m not holding on
We’re never gonna fall in love you know we’re running out of time
We’re never gonna fall in love you’ve never been the leaving kind
We’re never gonna fall in love you know we can’t get back the years
We’re never gonna fall in love cause darling time has disappeared
It took some time for me to see
That what you want isn’t always what you need
We’re never gonna fall in love oh whatever
Its the jigsaw pieces we cant fit together
We’re never gonna fall in love oh whatever
Its the jigsaw pieces we cant fit together, no
It took some time for me to see
It took some time for me to see
It took some time for me to see
That what you want isn’t always what you need
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