I'm Still Here

This song is the most amazing on the CD, in my opinion. "I held the pieces of my soul/I was shattered/And I wanted you to come and make me whole/Then I saw you yesterday/But you didn't notice/You just walked away/'Cause everything you wanted me to hide/Is everything that makes me feel alive" I definitely know what they were feeling when they wrote that.

"i've seen the ashes of my heart. i smile the widest when i cry inside, and my insides blow apart" deep...

I agree... That's probably the best part of the song in my opinion... I smile alot as a person... You don't see me not smiling much... It is true with me... I smile wider when I feel worst... I'll get in a fight and I'll be smiling... It really pisses off my gf though because she'll think I think it's funny... which it's not... This song just describes the way I am.

I smile the widest When I cry inside and my insides blow apart

defintely painful

This song is about him getting over a breakup.

"You gave me words I just can't say So if nothing else I'll just hold on while you drift away"

I think she maybe told him she loved him, but he couldn't say it back so she decided to leave.

The chorus is him just waiting for her to return. Life goes on, but he's just waiting for her.

The next verse he's trying to act like he doesn't care...He's putting on a happy face, but he's really broken hearted.

He wanted her back, but then she didn't even notice him, and he decided it was time to move on.

The last chorus is him realizing it's all over, and he was right. He didn't need her. She was the one that made the mistake--she left.

Yea the 2nd and 3rd verse really grab you.

Now they need to put a new CD out. "Better When You're Not There" can't tide me over much longer.

i interpret this as more like breaking away from your parents. you want to make them proud but it makes you feel like you're living a lie

/\ /\ In addition to my previous post: It might be about being gay or bisexual; "everything you wanted me to hide Is everything that makes me feel alive" and "I smile the widest When I cry inside and my insides blow apart I tried to wear another face Just to make you proud" its about living a lie because you know the people who care about you would be hurt if they knew who u really are.

yeah, to me this song is about being very hurt, lost, scared...reaching out to that certain person, and being completely ignored. not only that, but entirely written out of that person's life because they don't want to have the "burden" of the "drama" that you are going through.

"if you were right and I was wrong why are you the one who's gone?"

that's a great question...

"remember how you used to say I'd be the one to run away but I'm still here..."

somebody used to say those very words to me, and i always said i wouldn't ever leave...and i never did... he was the one who disappeared. i wish i could point that out to him but i guess i'll never have the chance. this is a comforting song to listen to when i'm down. it's nice to know there's at least one person out there in the world who knows how this feels.

This song hits really close to home for me. My gf and I broke up over two years ago, it was a bad breakup and it was also a very hard breakup due to the fact the intensity and depth of our relationship, we were together for 9 months and madly in love. But we ended up getting into a big fight and accusations of lying and no trust came into play. I think that is why i like this song so much. it hits really close.

I found the pieces in my hand They were always there It just took some time for me to understand You gave me words I just can't say So if nothing else I'll just hold on while you drift away 'Cause everything you wanted me to hide Is everything that makes me feel alive

In my opinon he is saying that after they ahd broken up he wanted to tell her how mcuh eh still loved her and dind't want her to leave and not to be mad at each other anymore, but was to scared so he just watched her drift out of his life cause he didnt know what else to do. That is how i felt.

I tried to wear another face Just to make you proud Just to make you put me in my place But everything you wanted from me Is everything that I could never be This is the part that hits the hardest the whole time after we broke up I tried to get everything together so she could see that i'm not who i was and i knwo i made mistakes, and i would put on this act or as he says face, to make her proud of him, but you realize that you wont' ever be what that person wants again.

remember how you used to say I'd be the one to run away but I'm still here..." This is the part of the song that i relate to the most. and why i think it is about a break up. My ex gf told me that she never believed i'd stay with her adn she was just waiting for me to bail and leave. And after two years, we barely talk and she is with someone new, and i still love her. So it's ironic how she thought i was gonna leave, but in reality, i am the one who is stuck.