The 8th track of Progress. The song was written by Mark during a difficult time for him, when he admitted to having had a few affairs while in a relationship with his now-wife Emma and when, a few months later, he went to rehab for alcohol addiction.
On writing the lyrics, Mark commented:
“My wife...
[Verse 1]
My greatest fear is
We're just wasting tears
Wasting several years
Still being round here
My greatest fear is
Maybe you will notice
I'm not what you wanted
After all these years
[Pre-Chorus 1]
But I, I've got a very big hope for us
I'm gonna keep looking out for us
It's been a difficult year
[Chorus 1]
And I still wanna make love with you
So where do we go from here
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
I, I still think I belong with you
I still wanna belong to you
So what do you want from me?
What do you want from me now?
[Verse 2]
Your greatest fear is we're not getting wiser
We're not wise at all
It's getting harder, harder to recover
From the night before
When you turn me on
[Pre-Chorus 2]
But I, I like to think of us moving on
I like to think of us getting on
So answer me, where do we go from here?
Where do we go because
[Chorus 2]
I, I still wanna get old with you
I still want us to grow
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
I, I still think I'm in love with you
I still feel you're the one
So, what do you want from me?
What do you want from me now?
[Bridge]
Has it crossed your mind we might already know?
If we only let it go
[Chorus 3]
Yeah, I, I still wanna have sex with you
I still wanna go out with you
So what do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
I, I think somedays we're beautiful
I think somedays we're not
So what do you want from me?
What do you want from me now?
[Outro]
Let's make it positive
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me now?
We're making progress here
So where shall we go?
What do you want from me?
What do you want from me now?
What Do You Want from Me was written by Robbie Williams & Mark Owen & Jason Orange & Howard Donald & Gary Barlow.
What Do You Want from Me was produced by Stuart Price.
Take That released What Do You Want from Me on Mon Nov 15 2010.
My wife had gone away for that week, to like a spiritual place, and I was at home and, I suppose when you’re on your own and you’re thinking about your life, that song came out of that. I was really worried; it came from an insecurity that she’d find herself out and halfway turned into this ‘does sh...