Mary belongs to the words of a song
I try to be strong for her
Try not to be wrong for her
She will not wait for me anymore, anymore
Why did I say all those things before I was sure

She is the one
But I have a purpose
She is the one
And I have to fight this
She is the one
The villain I can't knock down

I see your face with every punch I take
Every bone I break
Its all for you
And my worst pains are words I cannot say
Still I will always fight on for you

Mary's alive
In the bright New York sky
And the city lights shine for her
And above them, I cry for her

Every thing's small on the ground below,
Down below
What if I fall then
Where would I go
Would she know

She is the one
All that I wanted
She is the one
And I will be haunted
She is the one
This gift is my curse for now...

I see your face with every punch I take
And every bone I break
Its all for you
And my worst pains are words I cannot say
Still I will always fight on for you

I see your face with every punch I take
And my worst pains are words I cannot say
Still I will always fight on for you
Fight on for you
Fight on for you


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Gifts and Curses Lyrics as written by Sean Michael Wellman-mackin William Ryan Key

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Anthem Entertainment

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    This truly is a beautiful song.... when I first buy a CD, I listen to all the songs straight through. "Gifts and Curses" was the only one that made me replay it. I don't know who wrote the lyrics, but man.... talk about Spidey's theme. I like how it can be seen as both being generic and being about Peter at the same time. I espeically like the rift after the second verse. Love, love, LOVE the guitar. This is an awesome song. glomps

    flashing_spiriton April 24, 2005   Link
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    spiderman 2 soundtrack - WHAT an album!!! Switchfoot song is pretty damn gd aswell as jet an takin back sunday an then theres this - what more can i say????

    Bexyon December 22, 2005   Link
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    this song was just added on plyrics.com and here, so I'm assuming it's new, it sounds like a great song and I want to hear it, does anyone know what it's off of, like a comp. album or what? Thanks

    Running_On_Emptyon June 05, 2004   Link
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    I just found out that it's their new song on the Spiderman II soundtrack, which I knew they were on but I didn't know this was the song they had on there

    Running_On_Emptyon June 05, 2004   Link
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    This song is <B>amazing</B>. Any Yellowcard fan must hear this.

    bookofbreakupson June 25, 2004   Link
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    Quite Possibly my fave YC song. this is truely amazing... if it was recorded when their new cd came out they were stupid for not puting this on it. I hope YC can push this as a single to promote themselves and Spiderman 2. Truely amazing ive listened to it 100 times in a row...

    101

    ADimeADexteron June 27, 2004   Link
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    It's on the Spiderman 2 soundtrack. Its an awesome song, the whole CD is excellent! Picked it up for about 8 bucks, not sure what it would cost other places. What can I say about yellowcard except this bad is much greatness! They made like a perfect song for the film.

    Calipunkmonkeyon June 28, 2004   Link
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    *band

    Sorry kids I can't type =P

    Calipunkmonkeyon June 28, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This is such a great song, I think it should have been used on the commercials and such instead of the vindicated song. It has so much more to do with the movie and is much better.

    wasofrogon July 05, 2004   Link
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    I agree Wasofrog. It's a great song and fits the movie prettymuch perfect. I wish they make a video for it.

    OelyOrangeon July 06, 2004   Link

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