Lyrics for Happy Birthday as interpreted by piratemian

Happy Birthday Lyrics
Happy Birthday. So make a wish.

Please accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been.
Would you have been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes.
I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
choosing our life over your life meant your death.
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes,
sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life.
Would you have been a little genius? In love with math?
Would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad?
Would you have been a little rapper like your poppa The Piper?
Would you have made me quit smoking by finding one of my lighters?
I wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose,
and the way you would've laughed and talked fast or slow.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.


Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed

I made a mistake


I got a million excuses, as to why you died.
And other people got their own reasons for homicide.
Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say it wouldn't have
I was young and struggling, but old enough to be a dad.
The fear of being my father has never disappeared,
I ponder it frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer.
My vision of a family was artificial and fake
so when it came time to create, I made a mistake.
But now you got a little brother, maybe it's really you.
Maybe you really forgave us knowing we were confused.
Maybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly knowing
that your father's doing the right thing now.
I'll never tell a woman what to do with her body,
but if she don't love children, then we can't party.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.


Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed

I made a mistake


And from the Heavens to the womb to the Heavens again.
From the ending to the ending, never got to begin.
Maybe one day we can meet face to face,
in a place without time and space. Happy birthday.

What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed

I made a mistake

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^exeF.
02-04-2006

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It sounds like he knocked a chick up and they had an abortion, and he's thinking about who his child would've been.

But that's just what I get from it. It's an amazing song, and I'm not a rap or R&B fan.

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mriswith
02-15-2006

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I have to agree with exef, sounds pretty straight forward. But do not confise that with simple, it is pretty "deep" at the same time. Very good song/lyrics.

Also from a non-rap fan.

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skirt_queen
03-08-2006

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I like that song. It is so perfectly sad. And you two ^ are right, I'm pretty sure it's about an abortion and he was the father of the child and wonders how the child would have been.

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Boo93
03-18-2006

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"And from the Heavens to the womb to the Heavens again.
From the ending to the ending, never got to begin. "

love this part..

really great song!

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millyging
04-09-2006

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This song is pretty straight forward, in terms of what it's about. I think this is a beautiful song, I can feel the emotions through it.

The most interesting part, I think, is "I made a mistake." Because it makes you wonder what the mistake was - getting pregnant, or having the abortion?

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reptile
04-18-2006

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The mistake was the abortion I think.

This song gives me shivers when I listen to it, especially the chorus.

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Crazee
04-24-2006

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Yeh I agree. This is an amazing song, and I again do not usually like hip-hop or r n b. This song gives me a lump in my throat! It's basically about him coming to terms with his girlfriend's abortion from years ago.

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reptile
05-01-2006

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This song is the only hip-hop song I like, along with The Streets' Dry Your Eyes, but I don't know whether that can be considered hip-hop.

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capitalg
06-08-2006

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this is surprisingly a very emotional song.. and a very personal one at that.. what i love about this track is the fact that piper put it on the record even before knowing that flipsyde might become an internationally reknowned band. he must've put it thinking "ok here's a chance we might become famous and here's a chance we might not, but hey if this is my only chance then so be it, but i'm going to get these feelings out!" ... i just love it when artists do that!

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blinkguitar2
06-23-2006

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The music and girl singing in this song is a song by TATU called Gomenasai.

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rockinallnight
01-07-2007

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umm, this song is absolutely amazing lyrically, but i hate rap, so i don't really like him....rapping. But i can appreciate and listen to it because of the lyrical content of the song

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iluvoth
01-10-2007

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i am not a big rap fan at all but i heard this song and holy crap it turned me emo for a little bit. its so sad and straight forward. this song almost brought me to tears and thats somethign big for a song to do. i absolutely LOVE this song

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Boys_Like_Girls
03-03-2007

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a great song..
i'm not a rap fan either but there is something really special and sad about this song.

it's about abortion and thinking about it...he's thinking about what he/she would be like if he/she werent aborted.

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Codiac
05-08-2007

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It sounds like he left the decision up to his girlfriend, who evidently wasn't ready for kids right then. Obviously he was, and now he is thinking back, regretting her choice.

"I never tell a woman how to treat her body, but if she don't like children, then we can't party".

Man this song is in creditable, one of those song you can put on repeat for hours.

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studmuffin33
06-04-2007

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The meaning is totaly obvious. Basically this song means........ ABORTION IS WRONG, DON'T DO IT!!! this song is great and sends a message greatly needed in today's society. i'm against abortion hard core. i mean think about when your parents were pregnant with you right? an eye for an eye. abortion is murder! good job flipsyde! I don't like rap or R&B but i was impressed

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fiske-filet
07-13-2007

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this is one of the most beutiful songs i've ever heard! when i read the lyric and heard the song at the sametime i almost cried...
I'm pretty sure that this song is about that he's girlfriend has got pregnent, but he didn't want a baby, and now he regret it.

"I wonder what would have been.
Would you have been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes"
- He's wondering how his son would have been if they didn't "kill" him.

"I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
choosing our life over your life meant your death.
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes,
sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life"
- he think that he was egoistic because he killed a person just because he wanted a better life for him and her girlfriend.

"My vision of a family was artificial and fake
so when it came time to create, I made a mistake."
- at the time his girlfriend was pregnent he didn't want a whole family, and now he regrets it.

"But now you got a little brother, maybe it's really you.
Maybe you really forgave us knowing we were confused.
Maybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly knowing
that your father's doing the right thing now."
- he hopes that his dead son have forgiven him and his new son actually is his dead son.

"Maybe one day we can meet face to face,
in a place without time and space."
- he's talking about if he's lucky, he can go to heaven and talk with his son.

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Petes Pwincess :]
07-26-2007

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i think that he really regrets what hes done to this lil baby that could have been his son/daughter.
"I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been"
i like this bit its kinda saying he wonders what it would be like..
i really like this song its amazing x

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SnoKoneManiac
08-31-2007

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Amazing song, I cry every time I hear it.

I'm not sure if he's actually singing against abortion, he's just apologizing to the victim and is wondering what could have been.

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han_3590
01-03-2008

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This song means alot to me..i have always been against abortions though one day when i was 16 i had to have one, dont judge me for it because i was a little girl who had no money and the father wanted nothing to do with it..i had a pretty sucky life and it was hard, i wouldnt want my child to have the same life iv had..i know thats no excuse and trust me i hate myself so much for doing it..this song helps me deal with the pain alot..it was 2 years ago that i did that and iv been majorly depressed ever since..its so hard on the dates my lil angel would have been born, the date he was concieved, the date i found out i was pregnant, the date i had the abortion..theres so many dates and on all of them i sit in my room all day with this song on repeat and thik of what my little boy would be like today..ill never forget my child and ill never be happy with the desicion i had to make that day..i understand this song and i can hear the pain in it..this song has more meaning to me than any song iv ever heard..thank u flipsyde, this song has helped me more than anything..P.S..ABORTIONS ARE THE HARDEST THING A GIRL CAN EVER DO SO DONT JUDGE THE PEOPLE WHO DO IT..KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO UR SELF BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT BEING AGAINST ABORTIONS CAN LEAD TO ANOTHER GIRLS SUICIDE..XOXOX

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djshortcake
02-10-2008

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In reply to han_3590, Sweatie, you probly won't read this, and it breaks my heart to read what you say. This world is so far from perfect and the people that judge you are not worth your time. One sin is no worse than the rest, just different consequences. Please don't spend too much time on the past, forgiveness is there for those that ask, forgive yourself too. I don't know what your beliefs are, but don't think God is judging you, He wants you to be healed of the past and to be happy, and He can do that for you. Your baby is safe, safer than he would be now. My boyfriend has had a rough life too, I've never been through anything like this but I'm still listening to this song on repeat. I don't know you, but I will pray for you.

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mz_jackie
08-27-2008

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to han_3590...
the people that judge you couldnt walk a day in your shoes. And to those who are against abortion need to stop being so narrowminded there is more to having a child than just being able love it!!
This song is deep...just shows what people who go through it really think!!! Its not as easy as it seems!!!

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MissAtrocity
09-30-2008

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Directly to studmuffin33 and han_3590, you both need to open up your eyes. Posting your beliefs on a website won't change a goddamn thing. I'd like to see you actually stand up and do something if you feel so strongly. You both sicken me and I would love to walk up to either one of you one day and told you I had an abortion 2 years ago and see what you said to my face...because it's true.



NOW as for these lyrics, very well put together and thought out. I loved it from the second I heard it. I think the mixture of Flipsyde's rapping and the girl's voice on the chorus go hand in hand. A strange mix, but a good one.
The line that really effected me was:
"I got a million excuses, as to why you died.
And other people got their own reasons for homicide.
Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say it wouldn't have."

I feel like he knows that he and the woman had to make a choice, yet no one can ever really say that it would have worked if they hadn't had the abortion...so he really can't hate himself for it.

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ParanoidTrustNoOne
11-09-2008

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This song make me so sad, it reminds me of what happened with Gillian, (my aunt) She got shot in the stomach when she was 7 months pregnant and lost the baby. me and her used to listen to this song all the time, and we don't like rap/R&B and such either, but we listen to this song.

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dall3n
06-16-2009

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About the song beeing about an abortion or not.

"I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
choosing our life over your life meant your death."

"My vision of a family was artificial and fake
so when it came time to create, I made a mistake."

It's pretty straight forward. His girlfriend got pregnant and had an abortion, years later when he has a son he regrets the decision.
Great song

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