Eminem – When I’m Gone

When I’m Gone lyrics

Yeah,

It’s my life,

In my own words I guess.

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 where 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, turns 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 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 rockabybaby

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 did’t feel a thing

So baby don’t feel no pain

Just smile back!

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 crying?”

Baby, Daddy ain’t leavin’ no more,

“Daddy you’re lying,

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 piling boxes in front of the door

Tryin’ 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 witcha

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

These fuckin’ walls must be talkin

Cuz 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 for its too late

And just as I go to walk

Out of my bedroom door

It turns to a stage, they’re gone

And the spotlight is on and I’m singing ...

Sixty thousand people

All jumpin’ out their seat,

The curtain closes,

They’re throwing 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 writsts 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 1 dad”,

That’s all I wanted,

I just want to give you this coin

I get the point,

Fine, meand mommy are goin.“

But baby wait-,

”Its too late dad, you made your choice.

Now go out there

And show’ em that you love’ em more than us

That’s what they want,

They want you Marshal, 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 kkeep 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,

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 ringing’,

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-,

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 thing

So baby don’t feel no pain

Just smile back!