Wanted (String Mix)

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Dec. 20, 20201 viewer

Wanted (String Mix) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She said, "Every time I close my eyes I feel like I could disappear
(Disappear)
I could overflow an ocean with the cavalcade of all my tears
(All my tears)
And I know I sound dramatic, but that's just how it feels" (It feels)
She said, "I'm holdin' to the notion that I'll find something real"

[Chorus]
Yeah, I just want to be wanted, oh
I could use a little love sometimes
I just need to be needed, oh
Like to know I'm crossin' someone's mind
I just wanna be someone that somebody needs
I just wanna be more than a drop in the sea
I just wanna be

[Verse 2]
She said, "I'm countin' up my karma and I think it's time to cash it in (Cash it in)
So tired of livin' in a shadow of a mountain of what might've been (Might've been)
And I know I sound dramatic, but that's just how it feels
I've been looking for somebody to tell me that I'm real"

[Chorus]
I just wanna to be wanted (Oh)
I could use a little love sometimes
I just need to be needed (Oh)
Like to know I'm crossin' someone's mind
I just wanna be someone that somebody needs
I just wanna be more than a drop in the sea

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[Bridge]
I just wanna to be wanted
Oh yeah
We just wanna be wanted
Ooh

[Outro]
I just wanna be wanted
I could use a little love sometimes
I just need to be needed
Like to know I'm crossin' someone's mind

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OneRepublic and Ryan Tedder have a long relationship with string instruments. Their member Brent Kutzle is an accomplished cello player, and cellos and strings have played a major role in 1R songs such as All Fall Down, Secrets, and the string Better. (A more accurate phrase would be “bowed string instruments”. Guitars have strings as well, but presumably this was composed without the commonality of guitars.) This version of their 2019 release was created as a collaboration between OneRepublic and composer/songwriter Brandon Michael Collins. It was produced live by the Colorado Symphony orchestra, as shown in the music video.