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I'm With You Lyrics

I'm standing on a bridge,
I'm waiting in the dark,
I thought that you'd be here by now.

Theres nothing but the rain,
No footsteps on the ground,
I'm listening but there's no sound.

Isn't anyone tryin to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?
It's a damn cold night,
Tryin to figure out this life.
Won't you take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are, but I...
I'm with you.
I'm with you.

I'm looking for a place,
I'm searching for a face,
Is anybody here I know.

Cuz nothing's going right,
And everything's a mess,
And no one likes to be alone.

Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?
Its a damn cold night,
Tryin to figure out this life.
Won't you, take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are, but I...
I'm with you.
I'm with you.
Yea yea...oh

Why is everything so confusing?
Maybe I'm just out of my mind..
Yea yea yea yea yea....

Its a damn cold night,
Trying to figure out this life.
Wont you, take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are, but I...
I'm with you, I'm with you.

Take me by the hand take me somewhere new,
I dont know who you are, but I...
I'm with you, I'm with you.

Take me by the hand take me somewhere new,
I dont know who you are, but I...
I'm with you, I'm with you.

I'm with you.
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Cover art for I'm With You lyrics by Avril Lavigne

Who knows if anyone will read this but this song is so powerful I feel like I have to still give my take on it...

Most of this song I think is symbolic, so when she is waiting on the bridge for someone this is symbolic of all the times in her life when she was waiting for someone that either never showed or never satisfied her. I think when she says "I thought that you'd be here by now" she is referring to her "perfect guy" that of course never comes.

The next part, "no foot steps on the ground" and "waiting but there's no sound" emphasizes her aloneness as does her questioning isn't anybody trying to find me? I think this is symbolic of where she was at in her career. At this time, she was the new big thing and I think the hollowness that she found there is the inspiration for this song.

The "damn cold night" is symbolic of her utter loneliness in searching for the meaning to this life. She now had it all and realized it didn't satisfy her. But in the midst of this loneliness she feels something. "Won't you take me by the hand take me somewhere new, I don't know who you are but I, I'm with you." I think that in what was maybe her lowest moment, she felt God. She is asking God to take her somewhere new and although she has no idea who God is, she can feel him and knows that he is the key to "finding something new" or finding something that will bring her satisfaction and contentment.

This song then, I think is about her finding God in the depths of her suffering and attempting to be led by him to somewhere else or "some place new"

I just read this and this is the best take on the song I have seen!! I think your totally right! Could you write something about nickelback's do this anymore? Your takes on song are really good and I cant understand that one. But on the point of avril Lavigne this is her best song I think and you got it down too a T xx

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I think that this analysis fits. I specifically searched google for "avril lavigne i'm with you god," after randomly coming back to this song after years of first hearing it. i have been totally lost and dark. recently, i have been clawing my way out. THIS SONG definitely meant something else when I was younger, and now God screamed out to me. It was obvious and I asked myself how I hadn't understood this before? But everyone is searching for a savior, it is our only hope.

@dckirkpatrick21 OMG your wonderful interpretation of this beautiful song resonates with me so completely. You have made such a special song even more precious.

Thank you so much!

Cover art for I'm With You lyrics by Avril Lavigne

This, to me, is about a teenage runaway.

"I'm standing on a bridge I'm waitin' in the dark"

Why a bridge? Bridges are a common suicide spot. End of the rope after a long depression, essentially.

"I thought that you'd be here by now"

Where "you" refers not to a boyfriend, but anyone who cares enough to go out and find her.

"There's nothing but the rain No footsteps on the ground I'm listening but there's no sound"

She's desperately hoping someone will come for her.

"Isn't anyone tryin' to find me? Won't somebody come take me home"

A cry for help, for attention and compassion and warmth.

"It's a damn cold night"

Cold nights matter a lot if you're on the streets.

"Trying to figure out this life"

She doesn't feel she belongs at her home, else she wouldn't have ran. But misery on the streets couldn't possibly be her calling, surely?

"Won't you take me by the hand Take me somewhere new I don't know who you are But I... I'm with you"

And finally, someone found her. Someone who cares enough to take her somewhere new, anywhere but where she currently is. She doesn't know who he is, but she'll go with him. The desperation, the cry for help, the depression, it all culminates in this, and maybe things will work out.

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I love this song, it's really touching. Everyone hopes that the person theyre meant to be with is out there looking for them, and that's what this song's about.

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Yeah i think this song is about her trying to figure everything out in life... thats shes tired of waiting to know whats to come in her life. and that she wants to be with the person shes going to spend the rest of her life with.. well at least thats how i see it because thats what i feel. i hate waiting. lol.

ur kinda right but she just doesn't want lov she wants a family cause shes got nobody so shes make her dream come true with whoever this you person is and he is boy shes going to make a new life!

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this song is close to tears...its beautiful...and her voice is amazing

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Doesn't this song just belong in some touching moment on some show? It just sounds like it would play during some important moment. This is by far the one I love most out of her songs.

It seems like one of those songs that would happen at that moment when it starts to rain and the coupple kiss? I think its really sweet and cute >.< I think she has done better but its her best emotional song :D

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A Britney song? Sub par? I absolutely love this song, like someone said above, you can picture everything that's happening. The end of the song gives me chills!

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This song is soooo good.

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