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Far away in another place
I'd give my soul just to see her face
If I'd have known it meant my suitcase
Of everything that you just couldn't say
How'd you know I needed that today?
Wherever you are is where I want to be
Look around and tell me what you see
Everything, everything but me
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams
With everything, everything but me
Lookin' through photographs today
Different times always seem the same
Then I saw a picture of your smile
Something I haven't seen in a while
You know the one, the one you loved to hate
But every time it takes my breath away
Wherever you are is where I want to be
Look around and tell me what ya see
Everything, everything but me
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams
With everything, everything but me
Do you know how much it hurts to know
And leave it all behind, leave it all behind
I see you in my mind
'Cause you are right there all the time
Far away in another place
Give my soul just to see your face
Wherever you are is where I want to be
Look around and tell me what ya see
Everything, everything but me
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams, yeah
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams
With everything, everything but me
With everything, everything but me
I'd give my soul just to see her face
If I'd have known it meant my suitcase
Of everything that you just couldn't say
How'd you know I needed that today?
Wherever you are is where I want to be
Look around and tell me what you see
Everything, everything but me
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams
With everything, everything but me
Lookin' through photographs today
Different times always seem the same
Then I saw a picture of your smile
Something I haven't seen in a while
You know the one, the one you loved to hate
But every time it takes my breath away
Wherever you are is where I want to be
Look around and tell me what ya see
Everything, everything but me
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams
With everything, everything but me
Do you know how much it hurts to know
And leave it all behind, leave it all behind
I see you in my mind
'Cause you are right there all the time
Far away in another place
Give my soul just to see your face
Wherever you are is where I want to be
Look around and tell me what ya see
Everything, everything but me
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams, yeah
No matter how many miles stand in between
In my heart is where you'll be
Holdin' on to all our dreams
With everything, everything but me
With everything, everything but me
Lyrics submitted by SliverLines
Everything But Me Lyrics as written by Christopher A. Daughtry Brian Craddock
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Great song, however the third line is wrong
Instead of "If I'd have known it meant my suitcase" it should be "Found a note hidden in my suitcase" ;)
no matter how many miles stand in between in my heart is where you"ll be holdin' on to all our dreams
with everything, everything but me
these last word really important, because the person tells the reader that he is holding on with everything, but not himself. this phrase explain that the person is on a very-very long distance, he want to help anything, want to sacrifice anything he could, but he couldn't, because he wasn't there.
It's about a long distance relationship for sure. In this song the pain of being far away from the only one about is described. You can have everything present in your life but when your only one is missing it makes a big difference in a negative way. "Holding on to all our dreams": i think here, chris tried to explain the feeling of hope which gives the strength to long distance lovers.
May God grant hope and strength to all people who are miles away from their loved ones.
My interpretation of this song comes from my personal experience. To me, this song is about death of a spouse,losing your person. And it’s a song from the one that passed away, Telling the one left to look around your still surrounded by everything everything but me. The person left grieving and looking through photos. The passed on person looking at the photos with them. Haven’t seen that smile in a while.
It feels like a conversation between a lost loved one and the one left grieving their loss. But like I said, that’s my personal experience. My late husband was a songwriter, he use to tell me that the best songs are deeply personal to the individual listener, and if one song can speak to the souls of many people in drastically different ways, then you have a great song. And this one is just that. A great song, Thank you to everyone responsible for the birth of this beautiful piece of art. It has helped me through so many dark and difficult nights, I feel like this is a message from my husband to me. I hope he can see how hard I am trying to hold on to all of Our dreams, and I pray he can see our new granddaughter also, But even being surrounded by everything, everything but him, makes my world seem so wrong, I apologize for this being such a sad post, I never do this kind of thing. I just felt I needed to share what this beautiful song means to me, personally, I don’t know if anyone else will even see it the same way. And that’s okay. Music therapy is a personal journey. This music has certainly helped me in my journey. Safe travels in your life’s adventures to all that read this.