Do You Really Want It?

Album: The Stories We Tell Ourselves (2017)
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  • Do you really want it?

    We say, "give me a high, oh god, give me a feeling"
    ('Cause I've lost my reason)
    We say, "give me a push, a push through this"
    (Concrete ceiling)
    We say "give me a sign that proves what I believe in"
    (A psychic reading)
    So I can shake these American demons
    Give me, give me, give me

    Everybody wants to change the world
    But one thing's clear
    No one ever wants to change themselves
    That's the way things are
    All because we hate the buzzkill
    Jaded when we need to feel
    But we can change it all if you really want it

    Do you really want it?
    Do you really want it?
    Ka, ka, ka, ka

    You gotta bite the bullet 'til your gums are bleeding
    (Grab the mic and scream it)
    You gotta dig up the past to get past this
    (Anxious feeling)
    You gotta get ripped apart to see why you're breathing
    (To find your reason)
    So I can shake these American demons
    Give me, give me, give me

    Everybody wants to change the world
    But one thing's clear
    No one ever wants to change themselves
    That's the way things are
    All because we hate the buzzkill
    Jaded when we need to feel
    But we can change it all
    If you really want it
    Then we can change it all

    Do you really want it?
    Do ya, do ya?
    Do you really want it?
    Do ya, do ya?
    So I can shake these American demons
    Screaming, screaming, screaming

    Everybody wants to change the world
    But one thing's clear
    No one ever wants to change themselves
    That's the way things are
    All because we hate the buzzkill
    Jaded when we need to feel
    But we can change it all (we can change it all)
    We can change it all
    If you really want it
    (Oh, oh we can change it all, yeah we can change it all)
    (If you really want it)
    (Oh, oh we can change it all, yeah we can change it all)

    Everybody wants to change the world (we can change it all)
    No one ever wants to change themselves (we can change it all)
    Everybody wants to change the world (we can change it all)
    No one ever wants to change themselves (we can change it all)
    Everybody wants to change the world (we can change it all)
    No one ever wants to change themselves (we can change it all)
    Everybody wants to change the world (we can change it all)
    No one ever wants to change themselves Writer/s: BEN DALTON ANDERSON II, DANIEL OLIVER, JONATHAN TAYLOR HAWKINS, MARK ANTHONY VOLLELUNGA, SCOTT STEVENS, WILL HOFFMAN
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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