Eminem - When I'm Gone

"When I'm gone" lyrics

When I'm gone

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 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 writing 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

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 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 looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thang, so, baby, don't feel no pain,
just smile back

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 cryin'?"
"Baby, Daddy ain't leaving no more"
"Daddy, you're lyin'! 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, 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 standing in the mirror
These fuckin' walls must be talkin',
'cause man, I can hear 'em
They're saying, "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 singing—

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 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 looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thang
So, baby, don't feel no pain, just smile back

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

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 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 looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thang
So, baby, don't feel no pain, just smile back

*Curtains Closing*