Lyrics for Grace Is Gone as interpreted by antifox64

Grace Is Gone Lyrics
Neon shines through smoky eyes tonight,
It's 2 AM, I'm drunk again,
It's heavy on my mind, it's heavy on my mind.

I could never love again,
So much as I love you.
Where you end, where I begin,
Is like a river going through.

Take my heart, take my eyes,
Cause I'll need them no more.
If never again they'll fall upon,
The one I so adore.

Excuse me please, one more drink.
Could you make it strong,
Cause I don't need to think.
She broke my heart,
My grace is gone.
Another drink and I'll move on.

One drink to remember,
And another to forget.
How could I ever dream to find a love like this again?
One drink to remember, another to forget...

Excuse me please, one more drink.
Would you make it strong,
Cause I don't need to think.
She broke my heart,
My grace is gone.
Another drink and I'll move on.
One more drink and I'll move on.

You think of things impossible,
Then the sun refuse to shine.
I woke with you beside me,
Your cold hand lay in mine.

Excuse me please, one more drink.
Could you make it strong,
Cause I don't need to think.
She broke my heart,
My grace is gone.
Another drink and I'll go...

Excuse me please, one more drink.
Could you make it strong,
Cause I don't need to think.
She broke my heart, my grace is gone.
Another drink and I'll move on,
One more drink and I'll move on.
One more drink my grace is gone.

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naz223
10-26-2009

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guys.. you are all wrong.
Grace is Dave's wife. She died. this song is about his wife... she didn't break his heart or anything.. this song always makes me cry because of it's meaning..
so sad... and real...

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PearlJammer919
05-20-2009

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When drunk, and when depressed this song circles through my mind like a river followin through.

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rachelini14
03-24-2009

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These lyrics aren't correct! The track I have in my library goes like this:

Neon shines through smokey eyes tonight
It's 2am im drunk again it's heavy on my mind

I could never love again, so much as i loved you
where you end where i begin is like a river runnin' through

so take my eyes, take my heart i need them no more
if never again they fall upon the one i so adore

excuse me please one more drink, could you make it strong cuz i don't need to think
she broke my heart my grace is gone
one more drink and i'll move on

one drink to remember, and another to forget
i could die of a dream to find sweet love like you again
one drink to remember and another to forget

excuse me please one more drink, could you make it strong cuz I don't need to think
she broke my heart my grace is gone
one more drink and i'll move on, one more drink and I'll be gone

you think of things impossible then the sun refused to shine
when i woke with you beside me your cold hang lay in mine

excuse me please one more drink, could you make it strong cuz i dont need to think
she broke my heart my grace is gone
one more drink and ill go
excuse me please one more drink, could you make it strong cuz i dont need to think
she broke my heart my grace is gone
one more drink and ill move on
one more drink and ill be gone
one more drink and my grace is gone

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GypsyWagon
02-28-2009

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this song actualy puts me in a good mood, hence i just broke up with a girl and i feel like dave here
but i get a picture from this song, him just sitting at a bar, rolled up sleves and all that, alone with a scotch kinda glass, just thinking about the memories, and not happy, not sad, just kind of like ... fuck this

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joshizzle3
11-21-2008

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best version of this song. Ever.

End of story.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/z2l8kk

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brandnew0323
09-07-2008

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this is the most beautiful song ive ever heard. everybody makes it what they want.

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T_D_Phoenix
08-19-2008

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As if this song didn't chill me to the bone at first, but now?

R.I.P. LeRoi Moore.

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h4ley
08-05-2008

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while dave was becoming famous he had a really long relationship with a girl and he was really in love with her. he proposed to her but she turned it down and he was completely crushed, i thikn this song is about that

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lera.phillips
06-13-2008

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Just broke up with a boyfriend/girlfriend? This song is a madd good coping song. :D Love it!

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Bustedstuff1
01-25-2008

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Dave doesn't want his music to be understood so easily, what it says in the lyrics and why he wrote it are two completely different things most of the time. His perplexity is what fascinates me.

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Gloria Bay
01-03-2008

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In the acoustic version, Dave actually says that it's about his step-dad but didn't want to make it awkward with the "he and him" stuff. He changed it to a girl because of that.

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bambrick
12-24-2007

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At a 2007 show in Manchester, England, Matthews said the song was about his stepfather, but that he made him "about 30 years younger and a girl."

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EshaAlways
12-23-2007

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Eilas I'm so glad you said that. I always feel so bad for the people who get told there wrong. Really every song will affect each person differently depending on where they are in life.

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KLN818
12-17-2007

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well....this song honestly. depresses me more than any other song. i think this song is about a love lost, but futher down the road, i think this love will be found again. the same girl. recently me && my boy broke up. && he told me about this song one night && i do know about it. i love dave matthews band. ive seen him in concert and it was one of the best experiences of my life. anyways...he told me a day after we broke up him and some of his buddies went out and his buddie was driving and put this song on. he said i cant listen to his man. he told me he was bout to cry. anyways...i realized this song makes you think that i have true love, but i want to understand that it's real. i don't like being without him/her.

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BCL DMB7
11-19-2007

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this really is a great song not much to it.... a girl breaks his heart and hes just trying to forget about her but he just cant..so he drinks to try to forget her...but he never will

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achilz9988
11-18-2007

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this song is about someone breaking your heart and you try to drink away the pain. and how you were in love with that person and you feel like its not worth trying because you could never love again so much as you loved them

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ytsenediam
06-02-2007

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As lolita02569 said, it's about a loss, but I think it may be talking about inspiration, his own grace. It fits also....maybe he was feeling blue because of a girl, but i think the song is about losing more than just her, it's about a much more inner loss...I like it more that way :)

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mhgebhardt
04-21-2007

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For spanky98c -
Your research is very well done. But just to clarify for you and everyone out there. Being Agnostic is not the same as being Atheist. Atheists do not believe in God - at all; Agnostics on the other hand feel that the existence of a God, or Gods, is unknown - or impossible to know or prove - but they do have a spiritual element to their consciousness. Many feel this is a form of skepticism, but I feel Dave is just a normal human being who is obviously very enlightened.

This song must in fact be about his formal faith ending and his unknowable (Agnostic) phase beginning. ("Where you end, where I begin,
Is like a river going through")

Spanky, you are likely correct that this realization came to Dave after the tragedy involving his sister Anne; although Grace is Gone was released in 2002 and Anne died in 1994 - but Dave is obviously curious about death and in essence, how one lives their life is what really matters ("I can't belive that we would lie in our graves, wondering, waiting, worrying").

The man is a genius...

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brillohead
04-03-2007

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id havta agree that this song is about heart break...
The cold hand doesnt mean actual death but seems to be implied metaphorically by saying that she didnt have the same feelings.

Great song to hear live... packs a powerful meaning

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JoJo11994
12-02-2006

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okay after reading DaveGod2288's input i do agree that it could be that he was sad after his dad or step dad or whom evers death that he need to write a song but needed to stay personal bout it

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JoJo11994
12-02-2006

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My dad is always asking me this question... Is Dave talking about a girl named Grace or is he talking about his grace as in his ambition or his passion for doing something?

Iam thinking it is a girl but i may be wrong_ what do you think?

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blahhmm
09-23-2006

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this reminds me so much of rod gozzett. not sure if anyone saw but there was an interview on abc news with keith richards saying this guy is gonna be the next john lennon. can't see it myself but he's good ... www.rodsound.com

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Me2
06-26-2006

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no one can write about God unless God allows us to see.. this is daves gift, yet he writes in code. using bible symbol as well as daves own use of everyday words..

the two drinks are about the fall of adam.

he's in heaven joined to his girl...the two were one.
(spirits)

God seperates "wisdom" from adam.
He then places adam in eden and gives adam another woman..one seperated from him spiritually and physically ...eve.
wisdom is the holy spirit. also called "grace".
grace is gone.

adam fell from heaven to eden. the first "drink".

adam bit the apple. the second "drink". he fell off Gods mountain outside eden. outside the burning sword.

by the way the burning sword is daves favorite icon..

the burning sword is the seperating firmament between God and man. to get back to God. man must go through the burning sword back to eden.

hence the fire dancer

think of it this way..religion dont sell... Jazz does.

daytime dave thinks and writes about God and man with good clarity in what he's allowed to see.

nightime dave is the rock and roller.

"grace" is really not gone in daves life. with grace's help, dave can write his songs.

remember two things..

God loves you and God is in control, dont worry.

dave is not going to write about lifes problems.

he writes to honor his God. someday you'll see this and Go "Wow, this is so cool".

the same story of the fall is about "jacobs ladder". adams in heaven. first drink knocks him down 7 rungs.
second drink knocks him down 5 rungs and off the ladder. (in spiritual death) like I said you see it. or not. (its all in the bible) and you can talk about it. dave does in his songs in his code..

this isnt dave coming up with this strange stories. its God talking through dave. dave is just the messenger.
remember dave always talks about dreaming.

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bwbkelly7
06-15-2006

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I agree with it being about Dave's step-father, that's definitely a possibility because i'm pretty sure that this song was written during his 'lillywhite sessions' where dave was drinking pretty heavily. althought the screw you song about the girlfriend that said no to him three times is Halloween, this is simply a mixture of alcohol, his sisters murder and possibly step-fathers song. great song

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trn3ngo
04-05-2006

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elegance and beauty of movement or expression
seemliness: a sense of propriety and consideration for others
a disposition to kindness and compassion;

When he says grace, I don't think of a woman. I think of his grace. His kindness and compassion. Not his loss of it, but the fact that he can't do it anymore for a certain person. You know? I see a man who has lost his lover, and she's gone and he's drinking the pain away. Like, his heart was broken by this lover of his, and now all his grace, like state of mind is gone.

And on this part:
Take my heart, take my eyes,
Cause I'll need them no more.
If never again they'll fall upon,
The one I so adore.

He's saying take his eyes and heart, because they won't fall on the one that he loves so much, either she has moved on, or she's dead.

I think I contradicted myself...but oh well.

His songs have so much meaning. I haven't read all of the meanings, but everyone kind of argues and its kind of unnecessary because his songs can be interpretated in so many ways and EVERYONE has a different opinion and it can mean different things to other people due to past experiences. It's just...not right imo to argue to find one true meaning of a song. my two cents. :)

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