| Avril Lavigne – I'm With You Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Who knows if anyone will read this but this song is so powerful I feel like I have to still give my take on it... Most of this song I think is symbolic, so when she is waiting on the bridge for someone this is symbolic of all the times in her life when she was waiting for someone that either never showed or never satisfied her. I think when she says "I thought that you'd be here by now" she is referring to her "perfect guy" that of course never comes. The next part, "no foot steps on the ground" and "waiting but there's no sound" emphasizes her aloneness as does her questioning isn't anybody trying to find me? I think this is symbolic of where she was at in her career. At this time, she was the new big thing and I think the hollowness that she found there is the inspiration for this song. The "damn cold night" is symbolic of her utter loneliness in searching for the meaning to this life. She now had it all and realized it didn't satisfy her. But in the midst of this loneliness she feels something. "Won't you take me by the hand take me somewhere new, I don't know who you are but I, I'm with you." I think that in what was maybe her lowest moment, she felt God. She is asking God to take her somewhere new and although she has no idea who God is, she can feel him and knows that he is the key to "finding something new" or finding something that will bring her satisfaction and contentment. This song then, I think is about her finding God in the depths of her suffering and attempting to be led by him to somewhere else or "some place new" |
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