"All I Wanted" is the eleventh and final track from Paramore's third album Brand New Eyes.
Background[]
"I wish there was an actual story for this song. The whole time we were writing and rehearsing at home, I was in this state where I wouldn’t come out or go out unless it was to write with the guys. I spent so much time alone in my apartment that I think it started to mess with me and just make me really sad. One day, I went to practice and Taylor was playing this song. It was another one of his. It hit me and I just started writing whatever came to mind. ‘All I Wanted’ almost didn’t make the record. I can’t remember why we didn’t think it would work. We would’ve been pissed right now if it wasn’t there.”
Audio[]
Paramore- All I Wanted (Audio)
Lyrics[]
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
Wake up early, the black and white re-runs
That escape from my mouth, 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
Trivia[]
- The original title was "All I Wanted Was You".
- All I Wanted was the only song from a main Paramore album to never been performed live until October 24, 2022 at When We Were Young Fest, due to the song's difficult vocal parts, according to Williams.
Streaming[]
Brand New Eyes
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"Misguided Ghosts" | "All I Wanted" | - | 
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Brand New Eyes |
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| Songs | Careful • Ignorance • Playing God • Brick By Boring Brick • Turn It Off • The Only Exception • Feeling Sorry • Looking Up • Where the Lines Overlap • Misguided Ghosts • All I Wanted |
| Bonus Tracks | Decode • Ignorance (Acoustic Version) • Where the Lines Overlap (Acoustic Version) • Brick By Boring Brick (Acoustic Version) • Turn It Off (Acoustic) |
| Members | Hayley Williams • Josh Farro • Taylor York • Jeremy Davis • Zac Farro |
