Beautiful, I watch you try,
To see yourself through other's eyes.
But mirrors are a losing game,
They only show you backwards anyway.

The magic and the misery,
Come and go so easily.
But everything you'll ever be,
You already are to me.

And you were only five years old,
Playing princess in your mother's clothes.
Could you feel me standing next to you,
With my plastic sword and playground shoes.

Saying "If my dear I'm wrong somehow,
May dragons come and fell me now.
'Cause everything you'll ever be,
You already are to me."

Why, I don't know why.
I don't know why you think you need to do it.
How, I don't know how.
I don't know how but I just sit back and I see my way right through it.

When the memories are ten feet tall,
Throwing shadows on your bedroom wall.
When you pull the shades and kill the lights,
Will you hear me singing out tonight?
Will you hear me singing out tonight?

Days are long and words are cruel,
But they won't get the best of you.
'Cause everything you'll ever be,
You have always been to me.
Always been to me.



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    Song Meaning:or if you look at it in a totally different way, it could be that John has the friend that is a girl, and he wants to be her girlfriend, but everything he'll ever be to her is a friend. or the other way around, where his friend girl wants to be his girlfriend, but HE just wants to stay friends.
    Flag kkshaeon April 25, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:a beautiful love song by john mayer. i've waited years for this and it is perfect.
    Flag heyshanon May 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think that there's a woman in his life that is aspiring to be great and she's always wanted to be great or just approved of. But he's simply saying 'everything you'll ever be, you already are to me' which is he already see's her as an amazing woman.

    Amazing song! Blows my mind :)
    Flag EmNemmon September 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i really love this song...the part where he says:
    Why, I don't know why.
    I don't know why you think you need to do it.
    How, I don't know how.
    I don't know how but I just sit back and I see my way right through it.
    is really great!!!
    Flag 8anos1925on May 02, 2010   Link

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