you know it tears me up inside
to see the feelings that you hide
hide inside that empty bottle
I wish you saw how great you were
I wish you saw what life was worth
you wouldn't have to hide your problems
and I don't care what you might think
I think you've had to much to drink
cant even talk when you're this way
runaway, runaway
but that won't make it any better
runaway, runaway
and make tomorrow
harder to live than today
there's so much out there you could miss
there's so much life out there to live
if you would just believe in yourself
there's a bright light shining inside you
it shines out through your eyes
don't throw it away, don't be afraid
don't hide
let it shine
you say you're looking for happiness
but when is comes, you runaway from it
you tell yourself you don't deserve it
there's so much more that i could do
now the rest is up to you
until you love yourself, you'll never change
you'll keep on running
until you deal with today



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    General Comment:heres to you holly brigham
    Flag thenameskezion April 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:woww i can relate to this so much.
    so i have this friend and he's always saying how horrible of a person he is. even though he really is an amazing person. he doesn't have a drinking problem or anything he just thinks he doesn't deserve his happiness. cause he has a great life. his only problem is that he thinks badly of himself sometimes. and if he could just see himself through my eyes he would finally see how great of a person he is.
    i tell myself that i don't deserve my happiness sometimes too. and this same friend tells me how great of a person i am all the time. and i can't see how he can think that of me but think badly of himself. and it's really hard to see him bashing himself. i wish he would just believe me when i tell him how great he is. but i don't think he does. but the hardest thing is i think i know exactly how he feels cause i feel the same way sometimes too. i just don't know how he can think that of himself
    Flag daydreamer93on January 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I discovered the lyrics here several years ago, but I didn't get to listen to the song itself until a few days ago. This song is about someone who is trying to help someone else get through depressiion and/or a drinking problem. The friend points out that life still needs to be lived, and that believing in oneself and turning away from alcohol are paramount. The friend also sees "a bright light shining inside you/it shines out through your eyes" and suggests, "Don't be throw it away/don't be afraid/don't hide/let it shine." But it is up to the other person to change his life, and the friend warns that if those changes aren't made, the depressed alcoholic will continue to "run away."
    Flag starsparkleron August 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:you know this song is on youtube (obviosly) and it has a vidio with lots of quotes on it and a load of people have commented sayin that that vid has helped them through a break up, but it makes me cry thinking about robert.

    I wish right now, that every time I cry, I could swap it for laughing and when I laugh I wish I could swap that for crying, coz right now I cry more often then I laugh!

    I love you but you messed up my heart… and head.
    Flag wee yinon May 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:it always makes me cry.

    =_(
    Flag wee yinon March 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:it always makes me cry.

    =_(
    Flag wee yinon March 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"you say you're looking for happiness/but when it comes, you run away from it" oh, I can sooo relate to this.
    amazing song.
    Flag NarcoticMindon February 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Wow. I only heard this song today, and I'm already in love with it. This song reminds me of myself, and I can just picture my friends saying this sort of stuff to me, a few of them already do, makes me cry almost everytime i hear it, but i've still got it pretty much on repeat. Love it.
    Clearly the singer is singing to one of his friends who is depressed and trying to solve the problem by drinking, and the singer is worried about his friend and trying to help him/get him to get help. Fairly self explanatory, but a brilliant song.
    Flag Lamelon January 10, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:eek dramatic stories everywhere! love this song (: reminds me of what people think of me, oh dear.
    Flag laurieintheskyetcon November 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song personaly relates to a good friend of mine who I care about very much. She thinks drinking will wash away her pain. It never will, it covers it up, and makes u feel worse in long term. She inadvertantly runs away from happiness. She doesn't think shes very great at all, she hates herself. She needs to love herself if she wants to change. Its funny cus she was at my house late one night, and she was already quite drunk, and felt shitty for drinking infront of me cus she knows I don't like it, but then she grabbed more of it, even though i said she had enough. She always denys being an alcoholic, but thats where she turns when shit in her life goes wrong. Her life goes wrong alot. Alcoholism reminds me of a baby sucking on a suether. Shes also thought of suicide a few times, she tried it a few weeks back, popped a bunch of pills trying to O.D. . Theres so much more life for her to live, she needs to give life a chance, by living it with out alcohol. She has so much potential to, I've never touched drugs, she has, and I'm quite sure shes smarter then I am from what I can see, but she thinks that she is a complete moron. When I first heard this song I could feel my heart beating against my chest, and I almost began to cry, not of pain, not of happiness, I'm not sure what it was. Excellent band. Excellent song. Shine.
    Flag jughead641on July 06, 2007   Link

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