When You're Gone

Album: The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Charted: 3 24
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  • I always needed time on my own
    I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
    And the days feel like years when I'm alone
    And the bed where you lie is made up on your side

    When you walk away
    I count the steps that you take
    Do you see how much I need you right now?

    When you're gone
    The pieces of my heart are missin' you
    When you're gone
    The face I came to know is missin' too
    When you're gone, the words I need to hear
    To always get me through the day
    And make it okay
    I miss you

    I've never felt this way before
    Everything that I do reminds me of you
    And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
    And they smell just like you
    I love the things that you do

    When you walk away
    I count the steps that you take
    Do you see how much I need you right now?

    When you're gone
    The pieces of my heart are missin' you
    And when you're gone
    The face I came to know is missin' too
    And when you're gone, the words I need to hear
    To always get me through the day
    And make it okay
    I miss you

    We were made for each other, out here forever
    I know we were, yeah, yeah
    And all I ever wanted was for you to know
    Everything I do, I give my heart and soul
    I can hardly breathe, I need to feel you here with me, yeah

    When you're gone
    The pieces of my heart are missin' you
    And when you're gone
    The face I came to know is missin' too
    And when you're gone, the words I need to hear
    Will always get me through the day
    And make it okay
    I miss you, mm Writer/s: Avril Lavigne, Butch Walker
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Mpesa RiceGosh Avril that's a very beautiful of you very beautiful to listen to.i love every bit of the song
  • Carmela from Las Piñas City, Philippinesthe first five times i heard this, i cried. not joking.
  • Megan from Stevenson, AlThis is beautiful!!! Makes me wan to cry:'(
  • Fabio from New Orleans, LaIt's about being physically parted. It's so beautiful. It's so well expressed. I just watched the video for the first time, and I can't stop crying.
  • Nate from Crystal Lake, Ilit could be taken as such. Avril, like so many others, has her own meanings to her songs, that doesnt mean that that's what they mean to everyone. in the video, you see an old man missing his dead wife, so yes, it is also about death.
  • Brittany from Townsville, AustraliaWow i neva new wat this song was about like i thought it was about someone dying. now i know the truth lol ha ha ha.
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