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You Have My Attention Lyrics
Quiet now, your voice seems miles away
Yet somehow, I hear your song resound
A little bit softer each day
And from my tired heart, a little bit farther away
I�ll sing along
The whole day through
Just do your best to hear me
It�s all you can do
You have my attention
Like you�ve had all the while
Since that first day when you made my heart smile
With loving eyes and tired sighs that flow
You have my attention
Like a shout through an empty sanctuary
Speak but a whisper
I�ll hear a sermon
I�ll sing along, the whole day through
Just do your best to hear me
It�s all you can do
I�ll sing along, the whole night through
While you sleep safely
I�ll be thinking about you
You have my attention
Yet somehow, I hear your song resound
A little bit softer each day
And from my tired heart, a little bit farther away
I�ll sing along
The whole day through
Just do your best to hear me
It�s all you can do
You have my attention
Like you�ve had all the while
Since that first day when you made my heart smile
With loving eyes and tired sighs that flow
You have my attention
Like a shout through an empty sanctuary
Speak but a whisper
I�ll hear a sermon
I�ll sing along, the whole day through
Just do your best to hear me
It�s all you can do
I�ll sing along, the whole night through
While you sleep safely
I�ll be thinking about you
You have my attention
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This song is about a boy letting a girl know that he sees her. That she has his attention. Maybe they were friends first, and he's now noticing that she wants to be more. She isn't straightforward about it, but he knows something's different about their relationship.
When it says "Speak but a whisper, I’ll hear a sermon" he's meaning that he sees the little hints she's putting out there. Maybe OVER-analyzing things?
"Just do your best to hear me, It’s all you can do. I’ll sing along, the whole night through" Mabye her only way of knowing he feels the same is to pick up on little clues because he too is not being straightforward about his feelings.
"Quiet now, your voice seems miles away, Yet somehow, I hear your song resound A little bit softer each day" Could it be that this is him telling her that he's noticing little by little that she's different in the way she acts around him? She's becoming someone else to him so the "old" her is fading away?
This song is about those times when you've walked away from God and he calls you back everytime with such suttle things. "Like a shout through an empty sanctuary Speak but a whisper, I’ll hear a sermon" It's so beautiful.
It's interesting that few people acknowledge (in any discussion of their lyrics) that the subject is most likely about God. Being as they are a Christian band. Now this is not saying that they exclusively sing about God, and that even the song probably has duel meanings... but it's not all about relationships, in the boyfriend girlfriend sense. In fact I bet it's less about the latter, and more about God.
Just a thought.
5 years too late but whatever; I know plenty of people still look at this page and it bothers me that this is at the top.
5 years too late but whatever; I know plenty of people still look at this page and it bothers me that this is at the top.
I love Copeland and appreciate that there's many different interpretations of their music but I see this said so often and its just not true. Copeland is not a Christian band. Aaron Marsh has gone on record saying they are not; despite the fact that several of them are Christian.
I love Copeland and appreciate that there's many different interpretations of their music but I see this said so often and its just not true. Copeland is not a Christian band. Aaron Marsh has gone on record saying they are not; despite the fact that several of them are Christian.
You are perfectly free to think the song is about God if you want, but to say its "most likely about God because they are...
You are perfectly free to think the song is about God if you want, but to say its "most likely about God because they are Christian" isn't true.
This song is about God and how the singer is letting him know that God has his attention. And how you can fall short from God feeling like you can't hear Him anymore, but he hears His song resound, and He speaks but a whisper. Beautiful song.
When Aaron sings "I hear your song resound" I actually get shivers down my back.
you have my attention is like i dont know that song means a lot for me and its hard to explain :(
this song is amazing. he and i are on different sleeping schedules, and he called me and sang 'while you sleep safely, ill be thinking about you.. you have my attention.' hes great. so is copeland. :]
I get the impression that it's about two people who broke up, but the guy still wants to stay a part of the girl's life, and wants to show her that he still cares.. Idk, maybe it's just me. A hope of getting back together, too? Idk, maybe he's just on a trip and misses her a lot.
there are 3 songs on "In Motion" that were originally cuts from Beneathe Medicine Tree" that never made it onto the record. I think this is one of them. I think it expresses Aarron's love for his Girlfriend and how he will always be there for her, not matter what! It's a beautiful song! I'm having this played at my future wedding.
i dont think he's on a trip, i think that he continues to think about her even when she's not awake. she has his attention so much, that he dreams about her. these lyrics are on my desktop background :]