The song is about the longing for a person who is circumstantially unavailable. It seems that Rome would like to spend more time with this whirlwind lover, but is unable to. The time moves quickly and they both can’t leave their states of being to settle down for long enough.
[Chorus]
Pulling up my sleeves, you got advantage
I've been losing sleep over in panic
Call me up on my phone, anticlimactic
I want you, but I want you
[Post-Chorus]
Stone cold 'til we get through
It's on you, I want you
Causing around me some blues
I want you, yeah, I want you
[Verse]
I said I'm picking up the chronic
You know I get impatient when I'm off it
We thought about it a couple of times
If we left the city, we would be fine, really (We will be fine, really)
Honest, at a party with a couple of friends
She took a line-up off the table then she went to me and turned me around and said "Play Prince"
We got together
We're making out, fucking
We're takin' off our jeans and then she started calling "Jesus"
I wanna put this track on, but I was thinking about leaving
She said "Man, you won't believe it" (You won't believe it)
"I'm falling right to pieces" (Oh)
I didn't wanna go to Vegas but you gotta go and leave in
The morning when we wake up, I can't believe that you're leaving
[Chorus]
Pulling up my sleeves, you got advantage
I've been losing sleep over in panic
Call me up on my phone, anticlimactic
I want you, but I want you
[Bridge]
Stone cold till we get through
It's on you, I want you
Causing around me some blues
I want you, yeah, I want you
[Chorus]
Pulling up my sleeves, you got advantage
I've been losing sleep over in panic
Call me up on my phone, anticlimactic
I want you, but I want you
[Post-Chorus]
Stone cold till we get through
It's on you, I want you
(Call me-, my phone)
I want you, but I want you (But I want you)
[Outro]
Pulling up my sleeves, you got advantage
I've been losing sleep over in panic
Call me up on my phone, anticlimactic
I want you, but I want you (Want you)
You
I Want U was written by No Rome.
I Want U was produced by Sachi DiSerafino & BJ Burton & George Daniel & No Rome.
I feel like this is the song that started the record. It’s the oldest song; I wrote it in 2019. It was the first song I worked on with BJ, and it’s where we got all the ideas I wanted to do with the record. It’s about a long night out. It’s saying, ‘It’s up to you. I got my decisions, but it’s up to...