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Keepsake Lyrics

It's been thirty-one years
Since she's been in your arms
But don't worry about Mama
Mama's got a good heart

And I'm not looking for your love
I'm only sniffing out blood
Just a little taste of where I came from

And at the bottom of this river
Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart there are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it
Until I'm free

And it's been all my life
I've been wondering on the inside
What we could've had
If you'd had a part in my life

And there were children involved
And they were brothers to me
Even if we never got to meet

And at the bottom of this river
Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart there are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it
Until I'm

Free at last from this shadow that hangs
Surely you wonder sometimes
And I'm sure you all sympathize
Just what a man's to become, just like his daddy's done
I just want to love someone
Who has the same blood

And at the bottom of this river
Is where I put you down to lay
So I can live with it
And in my heart there are these waters
Where I put you down to lay
While I learn to live with it
Keepsake
Until I'm free
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Cover art for Keepsake lyrics by Gaslight Anthem, The

Definitely about an absent father. This song already means so much to me :)

"And I'm not looking for your love I'm only sniffing out blood Just a little taste of where I came from"

This song is so moving to me........I think this says it all And it's been all my life I've been wondering on the inside What we could've had If you'd had a part in my life

Cover art for Keepsake lyrics by Gaslight Anthem, The

I think he says Hard,hard heart not just heart. Great song

Cover art for Keepsake lyrics by Gaslight Anthem, The

very obviously about his father, and his absence in his life since he was born.

Cover art for Keepsake lyrics by Gaslight Anthem, The

It's about adoption. Being adopted-searching for your bio family and all the questions that stem from that.

Cover art for Keepsake lyrics by Gaslight Anthem, The

Well, I got a short question...I'm italian, and I can't get the meaning of the word "keepsake"...someone can answer? Taking the meaning of the word in relation with the lyric

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the word keepsake means that someone who meant a lot to you, say a best friend or a relative gave you something to remember them by, a memento. Like your great grandfathers watch for instance would be a keepsake.

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Cover art for Keepsake lyrics by Gaslight Anthem, The

Keepsake is a heart shaped Lockett with a picture in it of perhaps the bio father?

Cover art for Keepsake lyrics by Gaslight Anthem, The

its about being an orphan, his mother is in God's arms, and he remember all that facts now he is an old man.