When Im Gone - Eminem

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[Verse 1]

             
Have you ever 

          
loved someone 

so much, you'd

 give an arm f

or?
 
Not the expres

sion, no, lite

rally give an 

arm for?
              
When they know

             
 they're your 

              
heart And you 

 
know you were 

their armour
             
And you will d


estroy anyone 

who would try 

to harm 'her
             
But what happe

          
ns when karma,

 turns right a

round and bite

s you
       
And everything

 you stand for

, turns on you

, to spite you

?
              
What happens w


hen you become

 the main sour

ce of a pain?
             
"Daddy look wh

             
at I made," da

             
d's gotta go c

atch a plane
             
"Daddy where's

          
 mommy? I can'

t find mommy, 

where is she?"
  
I don't know, 

go play Hailie

, baby, your d

addy's busy
              
Daddy's writin

             
g this song, t

              
his song ain't


 gon' write it

self
             
I'll give you 


one underdog, 

and you gotta 

swing by yours

elf

             
Then turn righ

          
t around in th

at song and te

ll her you lov

e her
       
And put hands 

on her mother,

 who's a spitt

ing image of h

er
              
That's Slim Sh


ady, yeah baby

, Slim Shady's

 crazy
            
Shady made me,

              
 but tonight S

           
hady's rocka-b

y-baby


[Refrain]

             
And when I'm g

          
one, just carr

y on, don't mo

urn
  
Rejoice every 

time you hear 

the sound of m

y voice
              
Just know that

             
 I'm looking d

              
own on you smi

 
ling
             
And I didn't f


eel a thing, S

o baby don't f

eel my pain

Just smile back
             
And when I'm g

          
one, just carr

y on, don't mo

urn
       
Rejoice every 

time you hear 

the sound of m

y voice
              
Just know that


 I'm looking d

own on you smi

ling
             
And I didn't f

             
eel a thing, S

              
o baby don't f

       
eel no pain

Just smile back…


[Verse]

             
I keep having 

          
this dream, I'

m pushin' Hail

ie on a swing
       
She keeps scre

aming, she don

't want me to 

sing
              
"You're making


 mommy cry Why

? Why is mommy

 crying?

            
Baby, daddy ai

              
n't leaving no

            
 more, "Daddy 

you're lying
             
"You always sa

          
y that, you al

ways say this 

is the last ti

me
  
But you ain't 

leaving no mor

e, daddy, you'

re mine"
             
She's piling b

              
oxes in front 

         
of the door, t

rying to block

 it
             
"Daddy please,


 daddy don't l

eave, daddy, n

o stop it!"

             
Goes in her po

          
cket, pulls ou

t a tiny neckl

ace locket
       
It's got a pic

ture, "This'll

 keep you safe

 daddy, take i

t witcha'"
     
I look up, it'

s just me stan

ding in the mi

rror
            
These f*****g'

              
 walls must be

              
 talking, cuz 

  
man I can hear

 'em
             
They're saying

          
, "You got one

 more chance t

o do right
  
And it's tonig

ht, now go out

 there And sho

w em that you 

love 'em fore 

it's too late
              
And just as I 

             
go to walk out

              
 of my bedroom

   
 door It's tur

ns to a stage,
             
they're gone, 


and this spotl

ight is on

And I'm singing


[Refrain]

             
And when I'm g

           
one, just carr

y on, don't mo

urn
       
Rejoice every 

time you hear 

the sound of m

y voice
              
Just know that


 I'm looking d

own on you smi

ling
             
And I didn't f

             
eel a thing, S

              
o baby don't f

       
eel no pain

Just smile back…
             
And when I'm g

           
one, just carr

y on, don't mo

urn
       
Rejoice every 

time you hear 

the sound of m

y voice
              
Just know that


 I'm looking d

own on you smi

ling
             
And I didn't f

             
eel a thing, S

              
o baby don't f

       
eel no pain

Just smile back…


[Verse]

             
Sixty thousand

           
 people, all j

umping out the

ir seat
        
The curtain cl

oses, they're 

throwing roses

 at my feet
              
I take a bow a

 
nd thank you a

ll for coming 

out
            
They're scream

              
ing so loud, I

              
 take one last


 look at the c

rowd 
             
I glance down,

           
 I don't belie

ve what I'm se

eing
        
"Daddy it's me

, help mommy, 

her wrists are

 bleeding"
              
But baby we're

 
 in Sweden, ho

w did you get 

to Sweden? "I 

followed you d

addy, you 

told me that you weren't leavin'
              
You lied to me

            
 dad, and now 

              
you made mommy

        
 sad And I bou

ght you this c

oin, it says '

Number One Dad

'

             
"That's all I 

           
wanted, I just

 want to give 

you this coin
        
I get the poin

t, fine, me an

d mommy are go

in'"
              
But baby wait,

  
 "It's too lat

e dad, you mad

e your choice
              
Now go out the

            
re and show 'e

              
m that you lov

     
e 'em more tha

n us"
             
That's what th

           
ey want, they 

want you Marsh

all
         
They keep scre

amin' your nam

e             

  C
It's no wonder you can't go to sleep, just take another pill
             
Yeah, I bet yo

             
u you will, yo

              
u rap about it

       
 Yeah, word, k

-keep it real
             
I hear applaus

           
e, all this ti

me I couldn't 

see
        
How could it b

e, that the cu

rtain is closi

ng on me?
            
I turn around,

 find a gun on

 the ground an

d cock it
            
Put it to my b

              
rain, scream, 

        
"Die Shady" an

d pop it

             
The sky darken

         
s, my life fla

shes
        
The plane that

 I was suppose

d to be on cra

shes and burns

 to ashes
             
That's when I 

wake up, alarm

 clock's ringi

n', there's bi

rds singin'
            
It's spring an

           
d Hailei's out

side swinging 
             
I walk right u

           
p to Kim and k

iss her
        
Tell her I mis

s her, Hailie 

just smiles
              
And winks at h


er little sist

er
            
Almost as if t

                                 
o say 

[Refrain]

             
And when I'm g

           
one, just carr

y on, don't mo

urn
       
Rejoice every 

time you hear 

the sound of m

y voice
              
Just know that


 I'm looking d

own on you smi

ling
             
And I didn't f

             
eel a thing, S

              
o baby don't f

       
eel no pain

Just smile back…
             
And when I'm g

           
one, just carr

y on, don't mo

urn
       
Rejoice every 

time you hear 

the sound of m

y voice
              
Just know that


 I'm looking d

own on you smi

ling
             
And I didn't f

             
eel a thing, S

              
o baby don't f

       
eel no pain

Just smile back…

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