She just couldn't accept it from me, and it was that pain, that led me to creating the song.
I wanted to be the one to give her everything she wanted, but I couldn't. She kept turning to everyone except me for love and acceptance, and I wanted so much to help her. I was in love with this girl, and she was just a broken person. The song deals with unrequited love, and Scannell explained its background in a 2010 interview: In 2009, lead vocalist Matt Scannell said he 'still experience joy' singing 'Everything You Want' because he knew 'it came from a true place'. It remains the band's most successful single. It also peaked atop the Billboard Adult Top 40 and was Billboard 's 'Most Played Single' of 2000. First released to alternative radio in October 1999, the single reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 on July 15, 2000, following a commercial release on June 27, 2000. ' Everything You Want' is a song by American alternative rock band Vertical Horizon, the title track and second single from their third studio album.
