Rush – Tears

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All of the seasons
And all of the days
All of the reasons
Why I've felt this way
So long
So long

Then lost in that feeling
I looked in your eyes
I noticed emotion
And that you had cried
For me
I can see

What would touch me deeper
Tears that fall from eyes
That only cry?
Would it touch you deeper
Than tears that fall from eyes
That know why?

A lifetime of questions
Tears on your cheek
I tasted the answers
And my body was weak
For you
The truth

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Lyrics submitted by shed27

Track duration: 03:30

"Tears" as written by Hyun Min Kang, So Ra Lee

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

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    Memory:I had my first "experience" with this song playing in the background. (Don't worry...I'll keep this PG rated!) That was 22 years ago! 3 children and a different life later, this song still haunts me.

    I believe one of them is keeping a secret and it is tearing at them...years later...haunting them like it did 'us'.
    Flag maria123on June 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This is a great, simple love song, one of Rush's more simplistic varieties, but I think it really goes to show how dynamic of a band that Rush truly is. Within the album alone, they have an epic in 2112, a great rock tune in A Passage to Bangkok, a sweet love song in Tears, and then a deeper song in Something for Nothing. Just the perfect band, if you ask me. Good song though :)
    Flag sha1802on December 25, 2009   Link
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    My Opinion:What would touch me deeper?.. of course TEARS THAT FALL FROM EYES
    First of all beautiful song and great album to I'm a big rush fan. To the point----- I think it's about finding something in yourself that only tears bring out... answers, truth, missing someone... anyone of those are possible. As for me tears are a form of emotional release.. I often think of people when I cry, my life, and missing the one that I used to love but I'm over that.
    Flag INLimBo7on October 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about someone who has had enormous emotional/existential struggles ("all of the seasons, all of the days..." for what seems like their whole life ("a lifetime of questions"), has always sought genuine understanding and empathy ("eyes that know why"), but has never found it. They feel totally alone in the world.

    What I can't figure out is, when they see that the other person has cried for them, do they realize that that person truly understands what they're going through? The ending "I tasted the answers / and my body was weak / for you / the truth" seems to indicate that; but the part about "what would touch me deeper ... eyes that only cry ... or eyes that know why" might mean that they don't feel genuinely understood by the other person.


    On a more intuitive level, this song made me imagine a grievous, emotionally draining relationship between two people. Perhaps they are so attached that it causes them great pain, or they desperately need each other but often wind up fighting. But in the pain they find great meaning; it proves how significant their relationship is. In the music you can hear the weakness the singer feels after being consumed by years of pain. I think it's beautiful how the music captures that feeling so poignantly.
    Flag jedwardson April 15, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song makes me so sad! the music just sounds sad, and the lyrics are all about crying. i think pjamfan might have a point with the breakup thing. of course then again i always looked at it as more of a reconciliation after a fight between two lovers...but you never know!
    Flag byhatchetaxeandsawon June 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song makes me so sad! the music just sounds sad, and the lyrics are all about crying. i think pjamfan might have a point with the breakup thing. of course then again i always looked at it as more of a reconciliation after a fight between two lovers...but you never know!
    Flag byhatchetaxeandsawon June 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song is really sad and such a great song. It is my second favorite from "2112". I wish song was a big hit of their's, it has great vocals in it too.
    Flag Ummagumma69on March 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song taught me how to lift the needle off the groove while the disk was still rotating and move it 1/2 inch further toward the center...
    Flag sparky13on January 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about a person who suddenly realized how much the other person loves them. They see the true tears of sadness and it touches their heart.
    Flag HERSELFon October 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i think of Tears as more of a break up song than as a love song...the girl is breaking up with the guy because he isnt affectionate enough for her and not sensitive enough and he thinks that she doesnt think of him as someone to lean on in time of need "what would touch me deeper/tears that fall from from eyes that only cry/would it touch you deeper/than tears that fall from eyes/that know why"...i dunno i could be way off on this one
    Flag PJamfan90on December 03, 2006   Link

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