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Beside You- Marianas Trench

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When your tears are spent On your last pretence And your tired eyes refuse to close And sleep in your defence When it's in your spine Like you've walked for miles And the only thing you want is just to be still for a while

And if your heart wears thin I will hold you up And I will hide you When it gets too much I'll be right beside you I'll be right beside you

When you're overwhelmed And you've lost your breath And the space between the things you know Is blurring nonetheless When you try to speak, but you make no sound And the words you want are out of reach But they've never been so loud

And if your heart wears thin I will hold you up And I will hide you When it gets too much I'll be right beside you I'll be right beside you

I will sing Nobody will break you Trust in me, trust in me, don't pull away Just trust in me, trust me

Cause I'm just trying to keep it together Cause I could do worse and you could do better

When your tears are spent On your last pretence And your tired eyes refuse to close And sleep in your defence

And if your heart wears thin I will hold you up And I will hide you When it gets too much I'll be right beside you


 * What I’m going to talk about: **
 * ** Introduction **
 * ** Lyrics **
 * ** Conclusion **
 * ** What makes it really special? **
 * ** My song **

** I have chosen Beside You by Marianas Trench. ** Marianas trench is a C anadian pop punk band from Vancouver, British Colombia, formed in 2001. The band has released two full-length albums and is currently working on a third, titled //Ever after//, set to be released on November 21, 2011 The first time I heard about them was this summer in my summer camp. In there it became very special for me, as I will explain the reason further down. Beside You " is the third single of the M arianas Trench 's second album, Masterpiece Theatre. It is a very powerful song, I don’t know you but me when I hear the chorus singing “oeoooo oeoooo uuu” it gives me goose bumps and I shudder due to the powerful effect it has.
 * __What do the lyrics talk about?__**

Probably, everybody has thought that this song talks about the lost of someone that you will not see him again. About the emotions you would fill and how much you would like to scream and say how much you loved him, but is to late cause his to far to hear you. But what if I told you this song could be talking about drug addiction (I know it doesn’t link very much with the video) but I have been searching information of the band and I found out it could be talking about that. As the singer Josh was addicted to heroin when he was 15, 16 and 17. Also because he has already written a song about drug addiction called ‘Lover Dearest’. Or maybe it could the combination of both, that someone lost the person he loved more due to drug addiction. Well I think is talking about love, but I think it also combines some lines talking about addiction. Firstly I want to comment the obvious pain the person is suffering as she is spending all her tears for her last hope and she is seeing how that is not working out. The drug addiction comes in as probably the person she most loved was addicted and he died of that, so the person who died has wrote a song to her to remind her that he will be always there taking her of her and willing for her safety. Also you sympathize with the person he is talking about when he talks about how you can’t sleep and the feeling you have in your spine. That feeling of missing something that was part of you that has gone and will never come back. That moment where you just want the world to stop and have time to be still and think about why thinks have end up like this. In that instant where it has give you an introduction to the song, and you expect that at least the next verse continuous with the slow rhythm and the clam tone, then is where the ‘oeeeo oee uuuu’ appears and creates that wonderful effect that makes the song so touché and makes you feel this sack of emotions. Well along the song the feelings of the person that’s suffering are fully described how he screams as loud as she cans but at the same time she feels speechless as she thinks that this words will never arrive to the person she most loved. Along the song the person that has died is trying to convince her that she hasn’t got to worry, he will be there when things are getting horrible to protect her and hide her from pain and more suffering. All he requires for doing that is that she trust him. Finally I think she understands that as the two last stanzas repeat as she had understand the message and she is accepting it.


 * __In conclusion__**

Every time I listen to this song, it makes realize how valuable are the people that are beside me how lucky I am to have them. Also it makes apprehend that the people that left they are not fully gone. They will always remain in our hearts and thoughts till the end of our days. And lastly I think this song shows how harsh is psychologically and physically when you loose somebody you loved with all your heart. BELOW:
 * apprehend = understand
 * how harsh IT IS psychologically and physically
 * the rivalry is tremendous
 * lots of effort from all ages
 * all the effort made (not 'done')


 * __What makes it really special?__**

It is the fact that this summer for my summer camp I had to rewrite the lyrics of this song for the most important event in the camp: The closing of the World Games. You are going to be asking yourself what is that and why it has such a sentimental emotion for me. World Games is the event that last 4 days, where the camp is divided in half into two teams. The rivalry is maximum as there are lots of activities that require lots of efforts of all the ages from young to old. There are from sports block till cabaret. So you can imagine how much rivalry is there as everybody is working so hard for victory. Well the World Games start with an opening and end up with a closing. The opening is the introduction to the country and there is a song, a dance and a story that will go along all the world games. The closing is where the story ends, the last dance and last song. This event is worth the most points and if that year the teams have worked very hard and are equal winning the closing is very important. The teams these year where Portugal and Austria. I was on Portugal and I was selected to create the song for the closing. They told me it had to be with this song, and with the help of one friend we write the lyrics. It has such a sentimental feeling as half of the camp is depending on you and all the effort done through these four days is put into this song. I hope you imagine why it is so important for me. Thank you for your attention and hope you like my version.

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VERSE:

all the dancing done

all the battles won

across the beach Lagos

celebrating in the sun

but in the night

Lisbon glows so bright

with the spirit of the new world

our souls will come alive

CHORUS:

(oh-lay-oh-ooh)

and as the world looks on

we will stand up tall

our voice united for Portugal

our hearts filled with passion

as we live one nation

VERSE:

our soccer team

wearing our proud name

we have conquered the entire globe

our explorers bringing fame

we may seem like Spain

but world cant you see?

with a culture strong of new and old

we are Portuguese!

CHORUS

we will stay, nobody will break us yeah!

BRIDGE:

(ahhhhh)

from the sea from the sea

we will see victory

cause we are the team that will do it together

the spirit of Portugal goes on forever

as we reach the end

of a journey with friends

we are Portuguese within our hearts

so never forget

CHORUS

CHORUS