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Life For Rent Lyrics

I haven't ever really found a place that I call home
I never stick around quite long enough to make it
I apologize that once again I'm not in love
But it's not as if I mind
that your heart ain't exactly breaking

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

I've always thought
that I would love to live by the sea
To travel the world alone and live more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
Cos there's really nothing left here to stop me

It's just a thought, only a thought

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine


While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well how can I say I'm alive

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine

Cos nothing I have is truly mine

Cos nothing I have is truly mine

Cos nothing I have is truly mine
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matty On Apr 09, 2004
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Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

Another one of Dido's beautiful and thoughful songs. LIfe For Rent is one of the most profound statements that she has ever written. If you think about it, life is what you get out of it, life is what you put in to it. If you rent life then you will never own life. IF it is rented then it becomes a life for someone else to rent. If you are so afraid to do something to the point where you won't even try then that is not living at all, that is renting life, not living life.

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

Sometimes I also feel that my life is rented, not owned. I'm here on Earth on a leased period of time, and when the lease ends, I return to the soil whence I came. But I need to treat life as if it's all there is, because if I don't, then nothing I have is truly mine. This is what this song means to me.

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

Great Chillout Song. Makes you think.....

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try Well how can I say I'm alive

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

this song is so true. inspires me to take some risks, and live.

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

i think this song is a call to arms to take control of one's life. she is saying that one needs to learn to buy your life, instead of renting it. she wants to be able to commit to the person she finally falls in love with without being nervous or backing out because then she would lose them- "i am so afraid to fail so i won't even try, well how can i say i'm alive".

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

This has been my theme song for years lol.

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

It is the bst song and also i think this coz i won starz in their eyes kids as dido coz ppl thought i understood the lyrics and gave an emotional preformance.

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

this song is playing right now and its really got me thinking. ive been listening to it for the last couple of days. Makes me put everything into perspective and makes me wanna go out and take over my life. this is a great song with honest lyrics.

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

It's just a thought, only a thought.....

a thought that resonates in my mind everytime I listen to the song or sing it in my head.

"I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea To travel the world alone and live more simply I have no idea what's happened to that dream Cos there's really nothing left here to stop me"

That's what I feel like and imagine myself thinking in the future if I don't get past renting.

Cover art for Life For Rent lyrics by Dido

"While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try, well how can I say I'm alive"

This means so much to me, it's the most profound part of the song. You should live your life with no regrets. Don't put off doing something because you MIGHT regret it in the future or because you MIGHT fail at it. That isn't what living life is about.