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When I'm Gone Lyrics

Artist: Eminem
Album: Curtain Call: The Hits

[Intro]
Yeah
It's my life
But all in words I guess

[Verse 1]
Have you ever loved someone so much you'd give an arm for?
Not the expression, no, literally give an arm for?
When they know they are your heart
And you know you are their armour
And you will destroy anyone who will try to harm her
But what happens when karma turns right around and bites you
And everything you stand for turns on you to spite you
What happens when you become the main source of her pain
€œDaddy look what I made?€
€œDad's gotta go catch a plane€
€œDaddy where's mummy? I can't find mummy, where is she?€
I don't know, go play, Hailie baby your daddy's busy.
Daddy's writin'a
song, this song ain't gon' write itself
I give you one underdog, then you gotta swing by yourself
Then to write a rhyme in a song and tell her you love her
And put hands on her mother who's a spittin' image of her
That's slim shady, yeah baby slim shady's crazy
Shady made me, but tonight, Shady's rock-a-by baby

[Chorus] [x2]
And when I'm gone, just carry on don't mourn,
rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm lookin' down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing so baby don't feel no pain, just smile back

[Verse 2]
I keep havin' this dream - I'm pushin' hailie on the swings she keeps screamin'
She don't want me to sing, €œYou're makin mummy cry, why, why's mummy crying?€
Baby, Daddy ain't leavin' no more,
€œDaddy you're lying,
You always say that, you always say this is the last time,
but you ain't leavin' no more, Daddy you're mine!€
She's piling boxes infront of the door tryin' to block it,
€œDaddy please daddy don't leave daddy no, stop it!€
Goes in her pocket, pulls out a tiny necklace locket, it's got a picture,
€œThis'll keep you safe daddy, take it with you€
I look up, it's just me standin in the mirror, these fucking walls must be talkin coz man I can hear 'em
They sayin you got one more chance to do right, and it's tonight,
Now go out there and show 'em that you love 'em 'fore its too late
And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom door it turns to a stage, they're gone
And the spotlight is on and I'm singin€

[Chorus] [x2]
And when I'm gone, just carry on don't mourn,
rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm lookin' down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing so baby don't feel no pain, just smile back

[Verse 3]
Sixty thousand people, all jumpin' out their seat
The curtain closes, they're throwing roses at my feet
I take a bow, €œand thank you all for comin' out€
They're screamin so loud, I take one last look at the crowd
I glance down, I don't believe what I'm seein',
€œDaddy it's me! Help mummy her wrists are bleedin'€
But baby we're in Sweden, how did you get to Sweden?!
€œI followed you daddy, you told me that you wern't leavin
You lied to me dad, and now you make mummy sad
And I bought you this coin
It says 'number 1 dad', that's all I wanted
I just wanna give you this coin
I get the point, fine, me and mummy are goin€
But baby wait-
€œits too late dad, you made your choice. Now go out there and show 'em that you love 'em more than us
That's what they want
They want you Marshall, they keep
screamin your name, it's no wonder you can't go to sleep
Just take another pill, yeah i bet ya you will
You rap about it. Yeah word, ke-keep it real€
I hear applause, all this time I couldn't see
How could it be that the curtain is closing on me
I turn around, find a gun on the ground, cock it,
put it to my brain, scream 'Die Shady!' and pop it
The sky darkens, my life flashes,
The plane that I was supposed to be on crashes and burns to ashes
That's when I wake up, alarm clock's ringin',
There's birds singin', it's spring and
Hailie's out side swingin'
I walk right up to Kim and kiss her, tell her I miss her
Hailie just smiles and winks at her little sister, almost as if to say-

[Chorus] [x2]
And when I'm gone, just carry on don't mourn,
rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm lookin' down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing so baby don't feel no pain, just smile back.

Comments/Interpretations

by georgie boy on 5/13/2008 8:30am
luv this song so much
by jess on 5/23/2008 6:18pm
I LOVE THIS SONG :::) :)
by DIX0 on 7/18/2008 9:46pm
MAN, THIS S0NG IZ JUST SoREAL
by samantha on 7/20/2008 9:36pm
this song means alot to me coz my dad was like this and so was my mom and its kinda kool that they wrote a song about this stuff but whatever its over now but i love this song so much peace out, love samantha.
by diana on 7/21/2008 11:41pm
i really luv this song especially the part where it says and when im gone just carry on dont mourn cuz thats how i feel wen i think about how i left
by Ben on 8/19/2008 8:01pm
This song is so cool. Cz this is how i feel when i'm gone.
by Ismael on 8/19/2008 8:01pm
This song is so cool. Cz this is how i feel when i'm gone.
by Poopfce on 1/4/2009 4:39pm
THiS SONG iS AWESOME AND AMAZiNG ! *$^@*$^
by babygurl on 1/12/2009 3:01pm
everi x i listen 2 dis song it makes me cry cuz it remindes me ov my dad n he's n jail 4 life now cuz he sold me 11 onces for 25 yrs
by eunice on 4/1/2009 10:06pm
i lluv this song and i love u to eminem
by Kim on 7/4/2009 3:13pm
Yea yea. Bad name 4 an eminem fan. Oh well. Awesome song. Listened to it repeatedly 4 3 hours last night.
by paola on 9/27/2009 3:47am
this is my favorite sg that you sing
by NKGETSE on 11/13/2009 3:21pm
VERY SPLENDID
by dalvet462 on 12/25/2009 3:25pm
yeah word keeo it real shady
by BlueStar on 12/30/2009 12:00am
This Song is the best I ever hired
by LeAnN on 2/11/2010 7:37pm
DeMn ShAdy Iz A Gr8 Dad & Great Person NIce sOng I LOve It
by mArTiN on 2/18/2010 1:22pm
dIz sOnG iS dA besT... 1 oF yoUr fAns
by zACH on 5/19/2010 6:15pm
This song has so much meaning... its amazing
by JeFf51 on 9/4/2010 8:00am
love this song to death!!!!!!!best song he eva wrote
by matt on 10/8/2010 6:53am
good song
by Ikhona on 6/12/2011 10:16am
I love this song and eminem as well
by Killa on 11/8/2011 4:10pm
I personally think all these people should write proper english. On the other hand this is a really good song.
by Myron on 1/20/2012 5:10pm
This song is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard
by John on 4/3/2012 5:27am
I lv the song and i lv eminem.
by sterrlin on 6/19/2012 6:33am
i luv this song,, luv u eminem
by Shirley Ashton on 1/9/2013 4:49pm
This song goes way back with me:') I love it<3
by Daniel on 9/8/2014 9:50am
I luv this song. It'z used to be the best song to me dude.it almost make me fuck someone else.. Thanks eminem.








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