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  • looked at an online live concert where she said something like " this one is for everyone who hates their boss"

    but I do agree, It does seem like a relationship,

    ... where a person is contanly killing her own needs for the sake of the others aknownledgement. making up a face that everything is ok.

  • Amazing song!

  • so few letters here for youtube comments =( what i guess about the lyrics is: "whatever you want" isnt so positive "i did everything for you" what did you do for me...? the man did everything for work the woman everything for the man and the "I" in the end everything for her parents/or whomever =P however, the man and the woman broke up and not in a good way, the "I" however cant just do tha and is thus the end of the chain.

  • might be her parents yes but its not a positive message =P "but who is listening" "ill do what everyou say..." the child in the end was the one who had to take all the pressure but unlike her father, who was getting pressured from work and left it on the mother and the mother who had her, she didnt have anybody who would have done "whatever you want for her"

  • im pretty sure its about 2 people breaking up because of a lack of communication =P "whatever you want is fine by me" ... thats wishfull thinking or more a masquerade... nobody can be as selfless as that forever =P

  • oh my gosh, i've been humming the piano part in the beginning the entire day!!! AAHHH FUCK YES I FINALLY FOUND THE SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • Holy crap, suddenly the story behind this song makes so much more sense!

  • It has 0 dislikes for a reason :)

  • @Thebunnz88

    dude you posted this 3 weeks ago, and i'm the only one so far to give you a thumbs up!

  • @KitchenKiller95 So? I didn't ask for any thumbs up.

  • @Thebunnz88

    no, but i liked your comment :)

  • @KitchenKiller95 Well thank you then. :)

  • @Thebunnz88 hehehe ill give a thumbs up even though u dont want one!

  • thank you for uploading this song!

  • it`s so beautiful

  • My ears heard this and were like "Weee!"

    o_O

  • I love this song. Vienna's voice is so amazing. More people should come and listen to this song.

  • I study to this. Absolutely beautiful and inspiring.

  • oh the vanishing act sounds like his boss asking him to make way for someone else to be promoted over him (yet again)

  • @talthan I'd swear it's about tax fraud, making the 'taxable income' vanish?

  • narrator is describing the husband he is a compay man never questioning always doing as asked with a smile on his face and at night he goes home dead inside to his wife who is also dead inside and privatly dreams of revenge for the many slights and insults he endures because he cant say no

    same for his wife she isnt happy but she plays her role that duty demands of her to keep up apperances...after all what would the nieghbors think

  • @talthan honestly though, i think this sounds like if she's describing her parents or something. Like a tribute to her parents and everything she asked from them, and how they cared for them. Because then in the end it would make sense as to why she would be saying 'whatever you want' to a certain audience..

  • I always try to catch her when she plays in KY :D

  • lovely!

  • what does this song mean?

  • @mashedpotatoes97 music doesnt have to have a meaning. Its anything you want it to be

  • @mashedpotatoes97 I believe the song is about several people turning traitor on an exploitive employer. The first verse describes his assistant and fellow white-collar criminal, who eventually turns the subject in; the second verse is about the subject's neglected wife, who eventually leaves him; the end is about the narrator actually burning his building down. Her motivations aren't stated, but possibly she's his mistress or an over-harassed worker.

  • @QueenOfDreaming I dont see that at all. I see a milktoast couple going through life trying to keep up appearances and never rocking the boat. At night they catalouge their hurts never telling anyone much less each other anything whatever you want.

    the path toward hell is one of least resistance

  • @talthan Really? What did you think of the first verse, then ("He's a company man, your right hand/massages the numbers till they fit/very time you ask him for another vanishing act...") and the part about the fire? (Not as an attack; your theory could work, and I don't think Ms. Teng has ever come down clear on any of it.)

  • @QueenOfDreaming Thank you! i understand the song now

  • she has SUUUUUCH a beautiful voice

  • <3 <3 <3

  • Love Vienna Teng!

  • Amazing song, this woman is so talented. I wish I could sing like her.

  • @SeCyPiE Yes, I agree. Too bad males can't sing like that.

  • loooove this she's soooo talented

  • @talthan ??

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