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Rip the earth in two with your mind
Seal the urge which ensues with brass wires
I never meant you any harm
But your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearms
But close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile
How can you say that your truth is better than ours?
Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms
The blind man sleeps in the doorway, his home
If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
Close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
And you rip it from my hands
And you swear it's all gone
And you rip out all I had
Just to say that you've won
And you rip it from my hands
And you swear it's all gone
And you rip out all I had
Just to say that you've won
Well now you've won
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
Seal the urge which ensues with brass wires
I never meant you any harm
But your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearms
But close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile
How can you say that your truth is better than ours?
Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms
The blind man sleeps in the doorway, his home
If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
Close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
And you rip it from my hands
And you swear it's all gone
And you rip out all I had
Just to say that you've won
And you rip it from my hands
And you swear it's all gone
And you rip out all I had
Just to say that you've won
Well now you've won
But I gave you all
I gave you all
I gave you all
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I Gave You All Lyrics as written by Edward James Milton Dwane Benjamin Walter David Lovett
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Such a beautiful song filled with love, anger and frustration. You can hear the pain in his voice.
'I close my eyes for a while And force from the world a patient smile'
I have felt like this so many times when your head becomes full of so many emotions and your depressed...all you can do is close your eyes and force a smile. Beautiful lyrics.
totally agree :) its such an emotional song thats so easy to relate to... in a completely personal way...
Maybe it's because of my English, but doesn't "force from the world a patient smile" mean something like "force the world to show a patient smile" instead of forcing a patient smile yourself? Everyone here seems to interpret it in the latter way. I'm a little confused, any help? :)
@sevenyears, it needs to be taken with the previous line "Close my eyes for a while"<br /> It is a common coping mechanism when one it feeling frustrated to the point of anger.<br /> You close your eyes to regain control, to calm your emotional rage to either for a patient simile or pretend the world is patiently smiling at you.<br /> <br /> Another way to look at it is that "perception is reality" and his emotional reality is anger; but he pauses, closes his eyes and forces from the world (his anger filled internal world) a patient smile which is not reality.<br /> <br /> I think that this anger at the world comes out from the first line.<br /> <br /> He "rip(s) the earth in two with your(his) mind" : internal anger to vent his anger;<br /> But then suppresses the anger "urge" by sealing it up with internal brass bonds/wires.<br /> Since he obviously is recovering from an outburst, he is trying to apologize in line 3.