yeah...
it's my life...
my own words i guess...
(verse 1)
have you ever loved someone so much,
you'd give an arm for?
not the expression, no,
literally give an arm for?
when they know they're your heart
and you know you were their armour
and you will destroy anyone who would
try to harm 'em
but what happens when karma,
turns right around and bites you?
and everything you stand for, t
urns on you, despite you?
what happens when you become the
main source of a pain?
"daddy look what i made",
dad's gotta go catch a plane
"daddy where's mommy? i can't find
mommy where is she?"
i don't know go play hailie, baby,
your daddy's busy
daddy's writing this song, this song ain't gonna write itself
i'll give you one underdog
you gotta swing by yourself
then turn right around on that song and
tell her you love her
and put hands on her mother, who's a
spitting image of her
that's slim shady, yeah baby,
slim shady's crazy
shady made me, but tonight shady's rocka-by-baby...
(chorus)
and when i'm gone, just carry on,
don't mourn
rejoice every time you hear the sound of
my voice
just know that i'm looking down on you
smiling
and i didn't feel a thing,
so baby don't feel no pain
just smile back
and when i'm gone, just carry on,
don't mourn
rejoice every time you hear the sound of
my voice
just know that i'm looking down on
you smiling
and i didn't feel a thing, so baby don't
feel no pain
just smile back...
(verse 2)
i keep having this dream, i'm pushin'
hailie on the swing
she keeps screaming, she don't want me
to sing
"you're making mommy cry, why? why is
mommy crying?"
baby, daddy ain't leaving no more,
"daddy you're lying
"you always say that, you always say
this is the last time
"but you ain't leaving no more,
daddy you're mine"
she's piling boxes in front of the door
trying to block it
"daddy please, daddy don't leave, daddy - no stop it!"
goes in her pocket,
pulls out a tiny necklace locket
it's got a picture, "this'll keep you safe
daddy, take it withcha'"
i look up, it's just me standing in the mirror
these fuckin' walls must be talking,
cuz man i can hear 'em
they're saying "you've got one more
chance to do right" - and it's tonight
now go out there and show that you
love 'em before it's too late
and just as i go to walk out of my
bedroom door
it's turns to a stage, they're gone, and this spotlight is on
and i'm singing...
(chorus)
and when i'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn
rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
just know that i'm looking down on you smiling
and i didn't feel a thing, so baby don't feel no pain
just smile back
and when i'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn
rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
just know that i'm looking down on you smiling
and i didn't feel a thing, so baby don't feel no pain
just smile back...
(verse 3)
sixty thousand people, all jumping out
their seat
the curtain closes, they're throwing roses at my feet
i take a bow and thank you all for coming out
they're screaming so loud, i take one last
look at the crowd
i glance down, i don't believe what i'm
seeing
"daddy it's me, help mommy, her wrists are bleeding,"
but baby we're in sweden, how did you
get to sweden?
"i followed you daddy, you told me that
you weren't leavin'
"you lied to me dad, and now you make
mommy sad
"and i bought you this coin, it says
'number one dad'
"that's all i wanted, i just want to give you this coin
"i get the point - fine, me and mommy are gone"
but baby wait, "it's too late dad, you
made the choice
"now go up there and show 'em that you love 'em more than us"
that's what they want, they want you marshall, they keep.. screamin' your name
it's no wonder you can't go to sleep, just
take another pill
yeah, i bet you you will. you rap about it,
yeah, word, k-keep it real
i hear applause, all this time i couldn't see
how could it be,
that the curtain is closing on me
i turn around, find a gun on the ground,
cock it
put it to my brain and scream "die shady" and pump it
the sky darkens, my life flashes,
the plane that i was supposed to be on
crashes and burns to ashes
that's when i wake up,
alarm clock's ringin', there's birds singin'
it's spring and hailie's outside swinging, i walk up to kim and kiss her
tell her i miss her, hailie just smiles and
winks at her little sister
almost as if to say..
(chorus/outro)
and when i'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn
rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
just know that i'm looking down on you smiling
and i didn't feel a thing, so baby don't feel no pain
just smile back
and when i'm gone, just carry on, don't mourn
rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
just know that i'm looking down on you smiling
and i didn't feel a thing, so baby don't feel no pain
just smile back...
(curtains closing and sounds of footsteps)