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Tears To Shed Lyrics
What does that wispy little brat have
That you don't have double?
She can't hold a candle
To the beauty of your smile
How about a pulse?
Overrated by a mile
Overvalued, overblown
If he only knew
The you that we do
And that silly little creature
Isn't wearing his ring
And she doesn't play piano
Or dance, or sing
No she doesn't compare
But she still breaths air
Who cares?
Unimportant, overrated
Overblown, if only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we do
If I touch a burning candle
I can feel no pain
If you cut me with a knife
It's still the same
And I know her heart is beating
And I know that I am dead
Yet the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
And it seems I still have a tear to shed
The sole redeeming feature
From that little creature
Is that she's alive, overrated
Overblown, everybody knows
That's just a temporary state
Which is cured very quickly
When we meet our fate
Who cares?
Unimportant, overrated
Overblown, if only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we do
If I touch a burning candle
I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the sun
It's all the same
Yet I feel my heart is aching
Thou it doesn't beat, it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it feels I still have
Some tears to shed
That you don't have double?
She can't hold a candle
To the beauty of your smile
Overvalued, overblown
If he only knew
The you that we do
Isn't wearing his ring
And she doesn't play piano
Or dance, or sing
No she doesn't compare
Unimportant, overrated
Overblown, if only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we do
I can feel no pain
If you cut me with a knife
It's still the same
And I know that I am dead
Yet the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
And it seems I still have a tear to shed
From that little creature
Is that she's alive, overrated
Overblown, everybody knows
That's just a temporary state
Which is cured very quickly
When we meet our fate
Unimportant, overrated
Overblown, if only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we do
I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the sun
It's all the same
Thou it doesn't beat, it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it feels I still have
Some tears to shed
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I woke up with this song playing in my head and I haven't seen this movie in years. Emily goes through the self doubt, the comparison that we go through as women daily, the issues we have with how we seem... maybe also just wanting for that one special person to see you in your beauty. What that person may not see, other will see and think to themselves "How can they miss how beautiful of a person you are? How lovely you are? Caring? Funny?". So they say, "If he only knew, the you, that we knew." is so beautiful. Even if you don't feel like people notice your beauty, someone will and they see you in such awe. I'm a Christian now, but this movie used to be one of my favorites. It has such a deep thought provoking message. (In reality, the spider and the worm weren't trying to put down the other girl (even though it seems like it) it was a false sense of flattery in a way.) I do believe when we die we go to heaven.. and in the end Emily seemed to "meet her fate" where she looked up and turned into a bunch of butterflies. Leaving to finally be at Peace. - Ruby
When I entered this I kept the maggot and spider together so only Emily has her own parts....I love this song though. Mostly Emily's parts though
this is my fave song in the movie (corpse bride) its sooo deep and pretty i lik emily way better than victoria..i feel sorry 4 emily though :( she's so sad but its over a guy that she doesnt even know..actually thats pretty but still unreal but i luv this song anyways...THANX 4 PUTTIN THIS HERE!!!
hee,hee. i soooo agree with .::.tralalalala.::.!! it such an awesome song. i like how in a kids movie they have a song this deep.
HOLI CRUD ITS BELLA I LUV U BELLA YAY!!!!
This is a beautiful song. And you won't hear me say that very often. I felt sorta' ripped off when I went to see it....well, maybe not. The ticket was three bucks. But I didn't agree with the ending. Victor should've died and been with Emily, but I don't blame Emily for making the choice. It was all for the right reasons.
I disagree... Victoria was inlove with Victor first. Even though it was a plained merrage they fell inlove all the same. And were meant to be together. Emily was right at the end... She was inlove and her dreams were taken... We all kno in life that not all of us get our happy ending... But Emily proved her love at the end especially because she wanted to see Victor and Victoria together and happy... But bak to the song... This was my favorite song from the movie. Even though she was dead, her heart still hurt... I do wish that Emily could have been with someone at the end, she deserved someone to love her. But sometimes we have to be the bridesmaid, and never the bride....
She was in love, but it might not have been the right love. It was probably a masked love because Emily was a little desperate for the right person. Victor also had a not-so-right love for Emily. That was because he felt that he should be with Emily even though he does not truely love her. I still think that Victoria should've gone with big chin to teacher her parents a lesson about marrying her off just to get out of debt.
the movie rocks! i've watched it a thousand times and it's fantastic!!!emily is desperate and she feels pain cause she realised that Victor loves Victoria (the alive bride) and not her. so she makes a compare between life and death. "if i touch a burning candle i can feel no pain" the dead people can't feel body pain. but they still have a heart, that can break any moment. i loved emily, she's so sympathetic. emily loved victor but victor didn't...i like it when the spider and the worm say "everybody knows it's a temporary state" that's right. we will not be alive 4 ever, and we have overvalued life. we have to live every day and to face death as a new adventure! so c' mon!
even though she's dead, she's so sad she somehow has tears left to shed. how much more depressing can a song be? heh.<p><b><i>Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 06:57AM</i></b></p>