Watch my life
Pass me by
In the rear view mirror
Pictures frozen in time
Are becoming clearer
I don't wanna waste another day
Stuck in the shadow of my mistakes

Yeah

'Cause I want you, and I feel you
Crawling underneath my skin
Like a hunger, like a burning
To find a place I've never been
Now I'm broken, and I'm fading
I'm half the man I thought I would be
But you can have what's left of me

I've been dying inside
Little by little
No where to go but going out of my mind
In endless circles
Running from myself until
You gave me a reason for standing still

And I want you, and I feel you
Crawling underneath my skin
Like a hunger, like a burning
To find a place I've never been
Now I'm broken, and I'm fading
I'm half the man I thought I would be
But you can have what's left of me

Falling faster
Barely breathing
Give me something to believe in
Tell me it's not all in my head

Take what's left of this man
Make me whole once a gain

'Cause I want you, and I feel you
Crawling underneath my skin
A hunger like a burning
To find a place I've never been
Now I'm broken, and I'm fading
I'm half the man I thought I would be
You can have all that's left
Yeah, yeah, yeah
What's left of me

I've been dying inside you see
I'm going outta my mind, outta my mind
I'm just running in circles all the time
Will you take what's left?
Will you take what's left?
Will you take what's left?
Just running in circles in my mind
Will you take what's left?
Will you take what's left?
Will you take what's left?
Take what's left of me



Lyrics submitted by liz_rulez

Track duration: 04:05

"What's Left of Me" as written by Lindy Robbins, Jess Clayton Cates, Emanuel S. Kiriakou, Nick Lachey

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, WATSKY MUSIC LLC

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    General Comment:I can totally relate to this song right now. I just had a relationship end a month and a half ago and well, everything was going good....or so I thought, then one day out of the blue I get the text message reading "We need to talk" and after trying to work through it and taking a break, she decided she couldn't carry on. The first little while I was fine, but as time as progressed, it's gotten a lot harder to digest, especially since we started off way too fast and I felt very blindsided by what happened, because I never seen it coming. It sure hurts like hell though.
    Flag harderman61on August 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:sooooo sad. i love this song. ♥ its really beautiful
    Flag x0sherbearx0on September 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song is def. about the whole jessica thing.
    not that this has anything to do with the song's meaning, but my mom grew up across the street the from the guy who wrote this song (well, like 90% of it). my aunt used to baby sit him. i had his mom for 5th grade...pretty interesting if i do say so myself
    Flag Teazer_9009on December 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:My very first slow dance =)
    Flag QueenLilyHPon September 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this is the only song i will EVER listen to by him
    ever
    this generally isnt the type of stuff i listen too but this is a very powerful song
    to be honest i didnt give a rat's ass bout him and jessica being together, i mean i thought it would end, but it's sad to see people get hurt like nick did and have the person you love just...give you that "w/e" attitude
    i think a serious heartbreak like this is the greatest pain you could ever feel
    and whats hard is you push yourself to think they'll come back, and your friends and family keep telling you to stop getting upset and its not worth it.
    but inside of you it is


    i got goose-bumps when he did the high-pitch "ahhhhhh" with the music (if u kno what im talkin bout thats cool, if not..dont ask)
    Flag BSoJealouson June 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:when a homo like nick lachey starts banging a dumb bitch like jessica simpson , using her for her money and acting like a douche bag on reality tv, i think hes made the mistake of buying to many fancy gifts for his bloated sense of self satistfaction, and now realises he doesnt mess jessicas inflated ego, used and abused box , but misses her checkbook.
    see ya in the gutter nickey boy
    Flag AnTeeSoShullon February 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i dont listen to this kinda music often, im a metallica fan all the way. but this song gets to me. its very awesome
    Flag shanimal_caton February 02, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i really love this song. i can definitely relate to it in a big way. things r kinda screwed up between me and someone in my family and i have a bf and so i can kinda of relate to it in that way but i am going to be kinda of different because of what has happened and im kinda of heartbroken but he can have whatevers left of me and i will do my best. does that make sense? lol, i dont realyl know.

    anyways, this song is definitely about how part of him has been taken away because of his relationship with jessica and hes not saying he wants HER back, hes saying that the person he is faling in love with now can have whatevers left of him. idk y u guys r thinking that hes wanting her back, its obviously that hes in love with someone else and they can have whats left of him.

    w/e, its a really sweet song and he really put his whole heart into it and i admire it no matter how much i still see him as a member of 98 degrees and think its pretty lame.
    peace
    Flag mOOLLyon January 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:don't ya all think nick wants jessica back? I don't think so, he's just thinking he might not be able to quit jessica coz he's got such a long life spending together with her.... but about making up teh relationship agin..taht's another question
    Flag serenity_25on November 19, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song is AWESOME! but sad...I get sad when i listen to it.
    Flag sweetangel20062007on November 04, 2006   Link

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