When I'm Gone
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 heartAnd you know you are their armorAnd you will destroy anyone who will try to harm herBut what happens when karma turns right around and bites youAnd everything you stand for turns on you to spite youWhat happens when you become the main source of her pain“Daddy look what I made?”“Dad’s gotta go catch a plane”“Daddy where’s mommy? I can’t find mommy, 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 itselfI give you one underdog, then you gotta swing by yourselfThen turn right around in that song and tell her you love herAnd put hands on her mother who’s a spittin’ image of herThat’s slim shady, yeah baby slim shady’s crazyShady made me, but tonight, Shady’s rock-a-by baby
[Chorus] [x2]And when I’m gone, just carry on don’t mournrejoice every time you hear the sound of my voiceJust know that I’m lookin’ down on you smilingAnd 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 screaminShe don’t want me to sing, “You’re makin mommy cry, why, why’s mommy crying?”Baby, Daddy ain’t leavin’ no more,“Daddy 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,“Daddy please daddy don’t leave daddy no, stop it!”Goes in her pocket, pulls out a tiny necklace locket, it’s got a picture,“This’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‘emThey 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 lateAnd just as I go to walk out of my bedroom door it turns to a stage, they’re goneAnd 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 voiceJust know that I’m lookin’ down on you smilingAnd 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 seatThe curtain closes, they’re throwing roses at my feetI take a bow, “and thank you all for comin’ out”They’re screamin so loud, I take one last look at the crowdI glance down, I don’t believe what I’m seein’,“Daddy it’s me! Help mommy her wrists are bleedin’”But baby we’re in Sweden, how did you get to Sweden?!“I followed you daddy, you told me that you wern’t leavinYou lied to me dad, and now you make mommy sadAnd I bought you this coinIt says ‘number 1 dad’, that’s all I wantedI just wanna give you this coinI get the point, fine, me and mommy are goin”But baby wait- “its too late dad, you made your choice.Now go out there and show ‘em that you love ‘em more than usThat’s what they wantThey want you Marshall, they keepا screamin' your name, it’s no wonder you can’t go to sleepJust take another pill, yeah i bet ya you willYou rap about it. Yeah word,cant keep it realI hear applause, all this time I couldn’t seeHow 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 ‘god Shady!’ and pop itThe sky darkens, my life flashes,The plane that I was supposed to be on crashes and burns to ashesThat’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 herHailie just smiles and winks at her lil sister, almost as if to say-
[Chorus] [x2]And when I’m gone, just carry on don’t mournrejoice every time you hear the sound of my voiceJust know that I’m lookin’ down on you smilingAnd I didn’t feel a thing so baby don’t feel no pain, just smile back