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What You Wanted - ReAligned

by Belle & The Vertigo Waves

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What You Wanted originally came out in 2017 on our first album, 'Aligned'. It was a fun, soft indie/alternative song about dealing with mean girls in high school. Well, What You Wanted is all grown up now, a bit more self aware and a lot louder. This is the first single off of our upcoming EP, '(Re)Aligned' that we will be releasing early 2024.

For Belle, when it comes to writing songs, there has always been a core meaning and a surface level meaning. The core meaning is the thing that allows other people to relate to what you are saying, the surface level is the more specific incident that you are writing about. When we started to work on the Re-Aligned songs, Belle wanted to take a look at the core meaning of these songs that she wrote as a teenager, and find a way to relate to them as an adult.

What you wanted was originally written about drama between friends in highschool. At the core of it, it all came down to someone hating you for having something they didn’t have. Thinking the only possible way you could have obtained the success, friendships or happiness you have in your life, is by lying, cheating, stealing or getting some sort of special treatment. As an adult, this still happens all of the time. People can be bitter and resentful towards you for having what they wish they had. They can overlook the hard work that you put into your career, relationships etc. to get to where you are today.

It is really easy to minimize yourself in front of those people to appease them and make them feel comfortable. From beginning to end of What You Wanted, you hear the process of shedding the urge to make yourself small for those people.

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There you go over and over
I never really thought things would change
So why did I try and make you happy
Why did I try and make you care


Cause you wonder why
I have what you wanted
And you wonder why
I took what you had
Well I didn’t steal it, it just came to me like that
No I didn’t steal it, it just came to me like that


Go ahead spread your chemicals around
You make a mess out of clutter and i just can’t stand the sound
You always tell me that I'm a good girl with a broken heart
Why do you lie to me every time it starts


And you wonder why
I have what you wanted
And you wonder why
I took what you had
And you wonder why
I have what you wanted
And you wonder why
I took what you had
Well I didn’t steal it, it just came to me like that
No I didn’t steal it, it just came to me like that

You always said that im a good girl
A good girl with a broken heart
Why do you lie to me every time it starts beating
Made me think that I was worth nothing
Didn’t think much of your double crossing
It was sweet being naive but i gotta be a killer to survive your streak


And you wonder why
I have what you wanted
And you wonder why
I took what you had
And you wonder why
I have what you wanted
And you wonder why
I took what you had
Well I didn’t steal it, it just came to me like that
No I didn’t steal it, it just came to me like that

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released December 15, 2023

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