When I'm Gone lyrics

[Intro]

Yeah, it's my life

In 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 armor

And you will destroy anyone who would try to harm her

But what happens when karma turns right around to bite you?

And everything you stand for turns on you to spite you?

What happens when you become the main source of her 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 writin' a song, this song ain't gon' write itself

I'll give you one underdog, then 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 rock-a-bye 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 lookin' down on you smilin' and I didn't feel a thang

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 lookin' down on you smilin' and I didn't feel a thang

So, baby, don't feel no pain, just smile back

[Verse 2]

I keep havin' this dream, I'm pushin' Hailie on the swing

She keeps screamin' she don't want me to sing

"You're makin' Mommy cry, why? Why is Mommy cryin'?"

"Baby, Daddy ain't leavin' no more" "Daddy, you're lyin'!

You always say that, you always say this is the last time

But you ain't leavin' no more, Daddy, you're mine!"

She's pilin' boxes in front of the door, tryna 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 with ya!"

I look up, it's just me standin' in the mirror

These fuckin' walls must be talkin', 'cause man, I can hear 'em

They're sayin', "You got one more chance to do right and it's tonight

Now go out there and show 'em that you love 'em 'fore it's too late!"

And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom door

It turns to a stage, they're gone and this spotlight is on and I'm singin'

[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 lookin' down on you smilin' and I didn't feel a thang

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 lookin' down on you smilin' and I didn't feel a thang

So, baby, don't feel no pain, just smile back

[Verse 3]

Sixty-thousand people all jumpin' out their seat

The curtain closes, they're throwin' roses at my feet

I take a bow, and thank you all for comin' out

They're screamin' so loud, I take one last look at the crowd

I glance down, I don't believe what I'm seein'

"Daddy, it's me! Help Mommy, her wrists are bleedin'!"

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 made Mommy sad

And I bought you this coin, it says 'Number One Dad'

That's all I wanted, I just wanted to give you this coin

I get the point, fine, me and Mommy are goin'."

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 closin' on me?

I turn around, find a gun on the ground, cock it

Put it to my brain, scream, "Die, Shady!" and pop 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 swingin'

I walk right 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]

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 lookin' down on you smilin' and I didn't feel a thang

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 lookin' down on you smilin' and I didn't feel a thang

So, baby, don't feel no pain, just smile back

*Curtains closing*

• Artist:Eminem
• Album:Curtain Call: The Hits (2005)