Darling don't you understand
I feel so ill at ease
The room is full of silence and it's getting hard to breathe
Take this guilted cage of pain and set me free
Take this overcoat of shame
It never did belong to me
It never did belong to me

I need to go outside
I need to leave the smoke
'Cause I can't go on living in this same sick joke
It seems our lives have taken on a different kind of twist
Now that you have given me the perfect gift
You have given me the gift

For we have fallen from our shelves
To face the truth about ourselves
And we have tumbled from our trees
Tumbled from our trees

And I can almost
I can almost hear the rain falling
Don't you know it feels so good
So let's go out into the rain again
Just like we said we always would


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The Gift Lyrics as written by Robert Bell Paul Gerard Buchanan

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    I think this song is about two lovers who had some problems.. 'Darling don't you understand I feel so ill at ease The room is full of silence and it's getting hard to breathe'

    Then they had a child which is 'the gift'..'It seems our lives have taken on a different kind of twist Now that you have given me the perfect gift'

    And towards the end of the song they are trying to make it work together for the child. 'I can almost feel the rain falling Don't you know it feels so good So let's go out into the rain again Just like we said we always would'

    I can't believe Annie Lennox hasn't got more comments.. she has written alot of amazing lyrics!

    louisruben88on August 27, 2010   Link

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