And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
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Iris Lyrics as written by John T. Rzeznik
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"I don't want the world to see me/Cuz I don't think that they'd understand." Pretty much sums it up. It's about not showing anybody your true self because you're too afraid. It's hiding yourself behind made-up images, copied from other people and then compiled into one for you, so you don't get hurt. It's about wishing there was just one person you could show your true self to, and finding that person (you think), then losing the nerve. "And you can't fight the tears..." verse is finally realizing you can never show anybody. Or letting a bit of the 'real you' slip. That's the 'moment of truth in the lies'. Nothing feels real because you're hiding, is the "movie" part.
I love this song (and hte video) because I really identify with it. This one, and Jumper...
And I'd give up forever to touch you
-I will give up anything to be with you
'Cuz I kno that yu feel me somehow
-You can relate to me
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
-you the only person that really know me and that helps blocks out my depression
And I don't want to go home right now
-I don't want this to end
And all I can taste is this moment
-cough up in the moment
And all I can breathe is your life
-we are the same ,different person same life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
-as good as this is,everything ends
I just don't want to miss you tonight
-I wanna live in the moment
And I don't want the world to see me
-Don't want anybody to know the real me ,it's to risky
Cuhhzz I dn't think that they'd understand
-They just will judge me
When everything's made to be broken
-in my life it seems like everything is goin wrong/ broke,it alway been like this
I just want you to know who I am
-I want you to know the real me and why I'm like this and where I'm coming from
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
-when I'm depressed I feel numb so no matter how much you wanna cry so I can fell a little better the tears won't come
Or the moment of truth in your lies
-you can say you fine but the the truth about you being depressed will surface
When everything feels like the movies
-life feels like a movie and it gets you thinking what is life, when you over think it it makes you more depressed, (some time I think what is next, they say life is eternal , we'll I don't wanna life for ever but I don't wanna die)
And you bleed just to know you're alive
-your depressed so you cut your self and the blood is the thing that make you realize your living(what's real?)
And I don't want the world to see me
-They won't except me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
- they don't know what I been thru and why I'm like this
When everything's made to be broken
-I came to terms that even if thing are going good for a sec it will get worse/broken
I just want you to know who I am
-I want you to know how I feel but I can't express my sell Cuhhzz I will be judge (internal crying )
And I don't want the world to see me
-I don't want anyone to know the real me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
-they don't know how it feels to be depressed and on the edge of the Clift ,waiting to end your life because your unhappy with it
When everything's made to be broken
-it seems like no matter what I do everything gets fucked up
I just want you to know who I am
- I just wish you knew so it would be that much easer, but I don't wanna take that risk (and at times I don't even know who I am )
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
-I feel at the end of the song it repeats "I just want you to know who I am".to emphasize I want you to know everything about me from the depression ;cutting my wrist, and all the challenges that I have ;that has me like this (having multiple personality) hanging with different people trying to find the real me ,but for some reason idk what is the real me , I just have been depress led for so long
-KDW
agree! :)
"I don't want the world to see me, because I don't think they'd understand" suggests that he doesn't know how to tell anyone/ express his feelings or he doesn't want people to know because they won't get it or he could be referring "world" as the girl he likes (she won't understand).
"When everything's made to be broken" suggests that he thinks it is wrong to be in love with this girl for some reason, or he tried to stop himself from loving her but can't help it.
"I just want you to know who I am" shows that he really wants the girl to know him on the inside and to know his deep feelings and not to see him as what he seems (how everyone else sees him). He would like her to understand his feelings for her - what makes up his world. It could also mean that she doesn't know who this man is at all and he wants her to meet him.
"when everything feels like the movies" shows that the love he has for this girl is like a love story from a movie - he loves her so much that it's almost un-real/ hard to believe.
A brilliant song, 5 stars - Leah
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
This is showing how much he enjoys her company -he;d give up forever to TOUCH her! Because he believes she understands him
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
This is self deprecating, he doesn't believe he'll go to heaven and he thinks she is so much better than him
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
He's caught in the moment, he knows it has to end but he wants it to last at least for the night,
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
He was hiding from the world, because he thinks that they'd all judge him, but in a world where everything is broken and everything is terrible he found her, who he can open up to and he wants her to know who he is as he trusts her not to judge him
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
He's used to fighting tears, he cries most, if not every night, but here with her he's not. She makes him happy.
Or the moment of truth in your lies
I'm caught on this, I think there are two possible meanings:
1. Talking to her is his moment of truth in a lifetime of lies about everything.
2. Even though he tries to tell her his usual lies he finds the truth just coming out.
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
I think this is something he told her. That sometimes he feels disconnected and numb and cut off -the way you do when watching a movie. He self harms to make himself feel alive, because even pain is better than not feeling.
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I think this is repeated to really get it in our heads that all he wants is for her to know who he is.
So I think this song is about a person who has gone through, or currently has depression, who is messed up right now and afraid and hiding from everyone and basically has a lot of issues. He's finally found someone to talk to, who he feels understands him and he has fallen in love with her. This is his song to her.
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
And you bleed just to know you're alive
The entire verse is more towards the feeling that you get about yourself when you are depressed in general. It makes you feel like crying but no tears come, like everything others believe about you is something you have convinced them to believe based on an ounce of truth, like nothing is real and your just playing a prewritten role, and the only time your anything you feel feels real is when it hurts.
my wife was a breast cancer victim... i was holding her hand whispering to her how much i love her and how much i wanted her to stay... i look at her teary eyes staring at me... asking me if am i gonna be ok? are the kids gonna be ok? tears shed while i answered everything's gonna be fine... go... ill see you soon. she hold my hand tight... tears flows from her eyes then she stopped breathing. she died in my arms then i gently closed her eyes and wiped her tears.. for 14 years that weve been together its time for me to kiss her good bye. she died at age of 30 fighting cancer for 3 years... leaving behind our 12 yr old daughter and two sons ages 8 and 7.
Word on the street, it's impressions from expressions by the songwriters mother while she lay dying from cancer. Helluva lot deeper than some lovebirds neck deep in hormones, if you asked me.