God Give Me Strength

Elvis Costello

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Intro: Gm9 D (4x) Now I have nothing so God give me strength ’Cause I’m weak in her [his] wake And if I’m strong I might still break And I don’t have anything to share That I won’t throw away into the air That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I’d bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength God give me strength (second verse same as first) I can’t hold onto [him] her God give me strength When the phone doesn’t ring And I’m lost in imagining Everything that kind of love is worth As I tumble back down to the earth That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I’d bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength God if [he’d] she’d grant me [his] her indulgence and decline I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt See I’m only human I want him to hurt Asus4 A A7 I want him I want him to hurt [instrumental - repeat structure of first verse these last two lines are picked up as you reach the end of the verse)] Since I lost the power to pretend That there could ever be a happy ending That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I’d bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength God give me strength Wipe her from my life... I might as well... God give me strength... God give me strength... I might as well

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Cette chanson évoque la douleur d'une séparation et la vulnérabilité qui en découle. Le narrateur se sent accablé et faible après avoir perdu une personne qui était sa source de bonheur. Il exprime un profond besoin d'aide divine pour surmonter cette perte, tout en reconnaissant qu'il a du mal à laisser derrière lui les souvenirs et les émotions. L'angoisse de la solitude et le désir de retrouver la force sont omniprésents, illustrant la lutte intérieure face à l'absence et à la souffrance. Le contexte semble être celui d'une rupture amoureuse intense, où chaque son et souvenir de cette relation résonnent avec une forte charge émotionnelle. Dans cette période de faiblesse, le narrateur cherche désespérément du soutien pour se reconstruire et avancer.

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