All I Need
MÖB's closer: American wanting versus enough: Zillow doomscroll and Mr. American desire on one side, garden-and-best-friend sunlight on the other, with teenage ambition arguing against adult contentment.
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ISRC QZTAX2330010 (soundexchange)
Track eleven, the MÖB closer. After illness, mania, bowling, and Gemini duality, the record lands on enough.
Two wake-ups, same bed, different inventory. One is the American housing loop in miniature (tiny apartment, Zillow doomscroll, the nearest place you can ill afford is in another country); the other is the counter-life of a best friend, a garden, and breaking into the rich people’s private beach. Between them sits the satire hook, Mr. American, always wanting fast cars and diamond rings and always forgetting to be happy. The chorus refuses to resolve it. I got all that I need reads as gratitude and irony at once, the Möbius move of the wanting loop and the enough loop in one mouth.
The bridge stages the self-dispute: the teenage self is disappointed, but he was an idiot, and they can’t agree on what happiness means, but I am an idiot too. Neither gets the last word. The album repeats the chorus anyway, because survival sometimes means singing enough until it sticks.
Written, performed, produced, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Album art by Gentle Giant Illustrations.
Lyrics
All that I need, all that I need All that I need, all that I need Wake up again In my tiny apartment I'm doom doom doom Doom doomscrolling Zillow The nearest place I can ill afford Is in Mexico Ooo I'm an American Always wanting, wanting, wanting Mr. American Fast cars, nice things, diamond rings Cutting-edge technology Always forgetting to be happy Cause I got all that I need I got all that I need Oo, I got all that I need I got all that I need Wake up again With my best friend Grow a little garden Strolling down the rich people's street Break into their private beach like Dancing in the sunlight Oh, the places we'll go I'm an American Always wanting, wanting, wanting Mr. American Fast cars, nice things, diamond rings Cutting-edge technology Always forgetting to be happy Cause I got all that I need I got all that I need Oo, I got all that I need I got all that I need My teenage self would probably be Disappointed in me but then again He was an idiot, oh, woah oh oh oh My teenage self and I disagree On what it means to be happy But then again I am an idiot Oh, woah oh oh oh I'm an American Always wanting, wanting, wanting Mr. American Fast cars, nice things, diamond rings Cutting-edge technology Always forgetting to be happy Cause I got all that I need I got all that I need Oo, I got all that I need I got all that I need I got all that I need