Oh baby i'm so tired
Men from the government
Men from the tax report
Men in the public school
Men owns the golden rule here
I'm everybody's slave
I made you my slave
You said
This I do for you
If it would help
To give the world back
What it gave
Then I would
I would
I would
I would
I would for you
I would for you

You say my eyes
Are crazy eyes
Sometimes they are
And so are you
And if you wonder
What I would do
I would do
Anything
If I could
You know I would
I would
I would
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you


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I Would For You Lyrics as written by David Michael Navarro Perry Farrell

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  • +3
    General Comment

    i haven't heard it to be fair, but if fucking STAIND could ever possibly do a good cover of a song so far out of their league then i am a giant fish-eating cobra. (I'm not)

    Fred39on March 05, 2003   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    this is a great make-out song!

    pawnshop_trashon April 19, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    just what the title sez..... 1 of my alltime faves.....

    coapastetikon July 02, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I'v never heard the song either, but it's obviously about his lover Casey.

    beckah Gon May 31, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I think it’s about maintaining a relationship while having an intense fear of abandonment. It could be any kind of relationship, familial, between homies, or romantic. The fear of abandonment is likely rooted in a drug addiction or severe depression.

    He’s asking the person to stay with him and promising them something if they do. “I would for you” means one of two things. I’ll either go to rehab and make a serious attempt to get clean, or I’ll choose not to kill myself. “I would for you.” But only if you stay with me. Don’t make me do this by myself.

    He’s begging a person to stay in his life because he thinks they’ll cut him off due to whatever the struggle is. The song is about an intense fear of abandonment.

    zs1922on January 29, 2023   Link
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    My Interpretation

    (Last time I posted this I did as a comment. It should be “my interpretation”). I think it’s about maintaining a relationship while having an intense fear of abandonment. It could be any kind of relationship, familial, between homies, or romantic. The fear of abandonment is likely rooted in a drug addiction or severe depression. He’s asking the person to stay with him and promising them something if they do. “I would for you” means one of two things. I’ll either go to rehab and make a serious attempt to get clean, or I’ll choose not to kill myself. “I would for you.” But only if you stay with me. Don’t make me do this by myself. He’s begging a person to stay in his life because he thinks they’ll cut him off due to whatever the struggle is. The song is about an intense fear of abandonment.

    zs1922on June 02, 2023   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    great song, staind also does a good cover of it

    loudblisson September 24, 2002   Link

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