He sits in his cell,
And he lays on his bed
Covers his head and closes his eyes
He sees a smoking gun
And the coward he ran
And in his arms is the bleeding,
Love of his life

And she cries,
Kiss it all better,
I'm not ready to go
It's not your fault love
You didn't know, you didn't know

Her hands are so cold
And he kisses her face
And says "Everything will be all right"
He noticed the gun,
And his rage grew inside
He said "I'll avenge my lover tonight"

And she cried
Kiss it all better,
I'm not ready to go
It's not your fault love
You didn't know, you didn't know

Now he sits behind prison bars
Twenty-five to life and she's not in his arms
He couldn't bring her back with a bullet to the heart
Of the back of a man and tore his world apart

He holds onto a memory
All it is, is a memory
Hey, hey

He cries
Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me
Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me
Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me
Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me

Kiss it all better
I'm not ready to go
It's not your fault love
You didn't know, you didn't know

(Kiss it all better)
Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me
Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me
(kiss it all better)

Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me
Stay with me until I fall asleep
Stay with me


Lyrics submitted by peacelovetiedye

Kiss It Better Lyrics as written by Trevor Kelly Rachel Taylor

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    The meaning behind this song is it's telling a story. A man is sitting in his jail cell remembering the night that his true love died and his world ended. The two were out together and a man shot his love. The killer dropped the gun and ran as the girl now lay dying in her lover's arms. She asks him to "Kiss it all better" because she doesn't want to die yet. Then she tells him that "It's not your fault love, you didn't know" which is her telling him not to blame himself, he could have done nothing to stop it. After the girl has died the man picks up the gun the man dropped and goes after him. When he sees him he shoots the man right through the back and straight through his heart. Presently, the man is now in prison for 25-life. All he has left are the memories of his love and that tragic night. "Stay with me until I fall asleep" I think is something that they both shared. She asked him to stay with her as she dies, and now he's asking her to stay with him even though now she's gone.

    This is such a beautiful and sad song. I love it so much.

    HisParamouron February 21, 2011   Link
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    In a formspring question, Rachel said the song was based on the movie The Green Mile. This song is so haunting and beautiful.

    bexishon April 07, 2011   Link

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