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There
For You
Hardened
hearts
Slabs of stone
Cracked and cold
How could love never fill this
Never fill this home
Don’t hold it inside
Tell yourself your fine
It’s okay to cry
And
all I want is to be there for you
Deliver you from all you’ve been through
Change your darkness to a starlit night
Dry your tears
I’ll always be by your side
Wounded
hearts
Hope crumbled
You walk this world alone
A stranger revealed in the person
Your whole life you’d known
You feel angry
Empty and grief
Turn, and you’ll see me
Cuz
all I want is to be there for you
Deliver you from all you’ve been through
Drown your sorrows, and rescue your life
Heal your tears
Forever stand by your side
Story
about There For You
There
For You
is one of our more serious songs, and definitely one of
our heaviest. It’s
about the pain of growing up in a loveless home full of
anger and neglect.
Though I grew up in a very loving household with
strong family values, seeing what someone I knew was
going through made me feel that sort of void one feels
when the ones they love neglect them.
I wanted the lyrics to be strong and meaningful,
so that’s what I aimed for when writing them.
There
For You
did not take too long to complete.
I began writing on June 3, 2000, and finished
June 7th, just a few days later.
When writing a song, I almost always work on the
lyrics according to the order they appear in the
song—like verse 1, verse 2, chorus, verse 3, etc.
But this time, I had the chorus written before I
even had any of the verses down.
As long as you have the tune down and know what
you want to say during a certain part, I guess it
doesn’t matter what order you write a song in… as
long as it all comes together in the end.
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