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Tidy2 - April 20, 2006 06:17 PM (GMT)
Hy all !

I was studing the official lyrics of the MTV unplugged when i discovered that Mrs Hill didn't sing a part of the song during the show !
Does anybody have an explanation ? Does she sing the entire song on her tour ?
I love this song, I think it is one of the most important song of Lauryn Hill ...


QUOTE

Peace of Mind

I gotta find peace of mind, I gotta find peace of mind…He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible… He say's it's impossible, but I know its possible/He says there's no me without him/Please help me forget about him/He takes all my energy, trapped in my memory, constantly holding me, constantly holding me/I need to tell you all, all the pain he's caused, I need to tell you I'm, I'm undone because he led me away from love to be the victim of his web of confusing lies right there before my eyes. Now I see where I messed up, wanting me all dressed up. To be who he said I was, he had full control of me, thought I was free because, I did what he told me. What do I say now, now that he's gone, where do I stay now, now that he's gone. He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible/He says it's impossible without him, but I know it's possible to finally be in love and know the real meaning of a lasting relationship, not based on ownership

I trust every part of you, cause all that you say you do/You love me despite myself/Sometimes I, I fight myself/I just can't believe that you would have anything to do with someone so insecure, someone so immature/Oh you inspire me to be the higher me/You make my desire pure, you make my desire pure/Just tell me what to say/I can't find the words to say/Please don't be mad with me, I have no identity/All that I've known is gone, all I was building on/I wanna walk with you/How do I talk to you?

Touch my mouth with your hands. Touch my mouth with your hands…I wanna understand the meaning of your embrace/I know now I have to face the temptations of my past/Please don't let me disgrace/Will my devotion last now that I know the truth, now that there's no excuse/Keeping me from your love, what was I thinking of? Holding me from your love, what was I thinking of?

You are my peace of mind, that old me is left behind/You are my peace of mind, that old me is left behind/He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible/He says it's improbable, but I know it's tangible/He says it's not grabbable, but I know it's haveable/'Cause anything's possible…oh anything's possible…

Please come free my mind, please come be my mind/Can you see my mind? Won't you come free my mind? Oh I know it's possible…anything, anything, anything, anything, anything ya, anything, anything, anything, anything, ya, anything anything, anything, anything, anything ya,…Oh free, free, free, free your mind…free, free your mind… free, free, free your mind…free, free, free, free, your mind… Oh it's so possible…Oh it's so possible…I'm telling you its possible…I'm telling you it's possible…free, free, free, free, free, free, get free now… free, free, free, free free, free…

You're my peace of mind/That old me is left behind…You're my peace of mind. You're my peace of mind. He's my peace of mind. He's my peace of mind. He's my peace of mind…

What a joy it is to be alive, to get another chance ya/Everyday's another chance to get it right this time…Everyday's another chance what a merciful, merciful, merciful God…what a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, God…merciful, merciful, merciful …wonderful, wonderful, wonderful… merciful…merciful… merciful… wonderful…merciful… wonderful…

sybillecutey - April 20, 2006 06:34 PM (GMT)
she didn't sing it because she forgot the lyrics.

Guest - April 20, 2006 10:42 PM (GMT)
In Chicago, she sung that part, but removed the part "Touch my mouth with your hands"

Tidy2 - April 22, 2006 11:44 AM (GMT)
who do you think lauryn speaks to in this song ?

UrbanSoul5 - April 22, 2006 03:37 PM (GMT)
personally... i think it's to two people in parts like....
QUOTE
He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible… He say's it's impossible, but I know its possible/He says there's no me without him/Please help me forget about him/He takes all my energy, trapped in my memory, constantly holding me, constantly holding me/I need to tell you all, all the pain he's caused, I need to tell you I'm, I'm undone because he led me away from love to be the victim of his web of confusing lies right there before my eyes. Now I see where I messed up, wanting me all dressed up. To be who he said I was, he had full control of me, thought I was free because, I did what he told me. What do I say now, now that he's gone, where do I stay now, now that he's gone. He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible/He says it's impossible without him,

i think she is talking about satan or who she refers to as the enemy

but in other parts i think she's talking about God like in....
QUOTE
I trust every part of you, cause all that you say you do/You love me despite myself/Sometimes I, I fight myself/I just can't believe that you would have anything to do with someone so insecure, someone so immature/Oh you inspire me to be the higher me/You make my desire pure, you make my desire pure/Just tell me what to say/I can't find the words to say/Please don't be mad with me, I have no identity/All that I've known is gone, all I was building on/I wanna walk with you/How do I talk to you?

Touch my mouth with your hands. Touch my mouth with your hands…I wanna understand the meaning of your embrace/I know now I have to face the temptations of my past/Please don't let me disgrace/Will my devotion last now that I know the truth, now that there's no excuse/Keeping me from your love, what was I thinking of? Holding me from your love, what was I thinking of?

You are my peace of mind, that old me is left behind/You are my peace of mind, that old me is left behind/He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible/He says it's improbable, but I know it's tangible/He says it's not grabbable, but I know it's haveable/'Cause anything's possible…oh anything's possible…


she's pretty much saying God you took lauryn when she had no peace of mind and u turned that around and u became her peace of mind. i now want to stay here. i want to walk with u how dow i talk to u.

Guest - April 22, 2006 05:20 PM (GMT)
i think about the same ...
this song is a really devoted song to God..
My english is very bad (I am french) and I didn't understand at all the lyrics when i was listening to it .. (except little parts) ... before studiing the text, I was sure it was a song for God ... it is a so great spiritual experience to listen Lauryn Hill 's music.. I can't explain ...
Even if english is not my language, i collect all the feelings and the messages of all her songs.

Guess - April 24, 2006 04:59 PM (GMT)
I agree.

1. The song is definately a conversation with God. She says at the end, "You're my peace of mind, that old me is left behind, oh what a wonderful, merciful God", etc.
2. The beginning is not only about the Enemy, but I think it's alludes to Ro, or more like Clef. Alot of her songs trace back to relationships with people, and here she mentions a "he", who she desired a perfectly reciprocal relationship with, a "he" who misused and abused her, and a "he" who she loved so deperately.

sybillecutey - April 24, 2006 05:23 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Guess @ Apr 24 2006, 05:59 PM)
I agree.

1. The song is definately a conversation with God. She says at the end, "You're my peace of mind, that old me is left behind, oh what a wonderful, merciful God", etc.
2. The beginning is not only about the Enemy, but I think it's alludes to Ro, or more like Clef. Alot of her songs trace back to relationships with people, and here she mentions a "he", who she desired a perfectly reciprocal relationship with, a "he" who misused and abused her, and a "he" who she loved so deperately.

My thoughts exactly-

damnrohan1/damian - April 24, 2006 07:26 PM (GMT)
In the former parts, she talks about Clef, NOT Rohan. The latter, she talks about/to God.
And again, this is the part where Kanye STOLE his "Impossible" hook from!
Please believe me!





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