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I Need You
LeAnn Rimes Lyrics


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I don't need a lot of things
I can get by with nothing
With all the blessings life can bring
I've always needed something
But I've got all I want
When it comes to loving you
You're my only reason
You're my only truth

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you (dada, dada, da), ooh
Ooh

You're the hope that moves me
To courage again, oh yeah
You're the love that rescues me
When the cold winds rage
And it's so amazing
'Cause that's just how you are
And I can't turn back now
'Cause you've brought me too far

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From Heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you
Ooh, yes I do, oh

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From Heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you (dada, dada, da)
Oh, yes I do (dada, dada, da)
I need you (dada, dada, da)
Oh, ooh-ooh (dada, dada, da)
Ooh-ooh (dada, dada, da)
I need you, oh (dada, dada, da)
(Dada, dada, da)
I need you (dada, dada, da)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song "I Need You" by LeAnn Rimes melodiously convey the sweet and undeniable feeling of an immense love and a bond that holds two souls together. The singer starts by saying how she does not need a lot of material things in life and how she can get by with nothing, but the only thing she has always needed is 'something' which she finds in the love of her life. The second verse is more profound as she states how he is her hope, love, and everything she needs to carry on through life. There is an evident emotional connection between the two which is evident in the metaphor she uses to describe how much she needs him, "I need you like water, like breath, like rain, I need you like mercy from heaven's gate". The ultimate meaning of the song revolves around the idea that the singer's life is incomplete without her partner, and he's her only truth.


The theme of the song resonates with people who believe in true love and how finding someone who understands you in and out is all that one needs. The song also touches on the idea that true love can bring freedom, happiness, and positive change into one's life. The strong emotional call for the need of another person conveys the message that love is powerful, and it has the ability to change and transform a person's life positively in every possible way.


Line by Line Meaning

I don't need a lot of things
I can live without many things in life


I can get by with nothing
I am content with very little


With all the blessings life can bring
Despite having many blessings in my life


I've always needed something
I have always felt the need for something more


But I've got all I want
Now that you are in my life, I have everything I desire


When it comes to loving you
In terms of my love for you


You're my only reason
You are the only reason I need


You're my only truth
You are my one and only truth


I need you like water
I need you to live like I need water to survive


Like breath, like rain
I need you as much as I need to breathe and the earth needs rain


I need you like mercy
I need you as much as we need mercy from above


From heaven's gate
A source of divine comfort and salvation


There's a freedom in your arms
I feel free and safe when I'm in your arms


That carries me through
Your love gives me the strength to endure life's challenges


You're the hope that moves me
You give me hope and inspire me to keep going


To courage again, oh yeah
To be brave again and believe in myself


You're the love that rescues me
Your love saves me from suffering and despair


When the cold winds rage
When life becomes difficult and turbulent


And it's so amazing
I cannot believe how lucky I am to have you in my life


'Cause that's just how you are
Because you are naturally kind and loving


And I can't turn back now
I cannot imagine my life without your love


'Cause you've brought me too far
Your love has brought me so far in life and I can't go back


Ooh, yes I do, oh
I truly need you, more than words can express


Oh, ooh-ooh
Sounds of longing and affection


Ooh-ooh
More sounds of affection


I need you, oh
I really need you




Lyrics ยฉ Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Ty Kelly Lacy, Dennis Joseph Matkosky

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I don't need a lot of things
I can get by with nothing
With all the blessings life can bring

I've always needed something
But I've got all I want
When it comes to loving you
You're my only reason
You're my only truth

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you (dada, dada, da), ooh
Ooh

You're the hope that moves me
To courage again, oh yeah
You're the love that rescues me
When the cold winds rage
And it's so amazing
'Cause that's just how you are
And I can't turn back now
'Cause you've brought me too far

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain

I need you like mercy
From Heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you
Ooh, yes I do, oh

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From Heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you (dada, dada, da)
Oh, yes I do (dada, dada, da)
I need you (dada, dada, da)
Oh, ooh-ooh (dada, dada, da)
Ooh-ooh (dada, dada, da)
I need you, oh (dada, dada, da)
(Dada, dada, da)
I need you (dada, dada, da)

Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@jobertmarcocapin7900

I don't need a lot of things
I can get by with nothing
With all the blessings life can bring
I've always needed something
But I've got all I want
When it comes to loving you
You're my only reason
You're my only truth

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you

You're the hope that moves me
To courage again, oh yeah
You're the love that rescues me
When the cold winds, rage
And it's so amazing
'Cause that's just how you are
And I can't turn back now
'Cause you've brought me too far

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you
Oh yes I do

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you
Oh yes I do
I need you
I need you



@christineadams1284

๐šŒ๐š˜๐šŒ๐š˜ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š83
๐šƒ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š’๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š˜๐š— ๐™ธ ๐šŠ๐š– ๐š•๐š’๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐šœ๐š˜๐š—๐š, ๐™ธ ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐šˆ๐™ท๐š†๐™ท. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ
๐šƒ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐™ป๐š’๐šŽ๐š›๐šž๐šœ ๐š’๐šœ ๐š“๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š, ๐šŠ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐š–๐š˜๐š— ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐š/๐š๐š•๐šž, 99% ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข.
๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽ "๐š•๐š’๐šŽ" ๐šŸ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐™ป๐š’๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šž๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š•๐šŠ๐šž๐š๐š‘๐š๐šŽ๐š›, ๐Ÿ‘ ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐™ผ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š• ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ฟ๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐šƒ๐š…, ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐šŒ๐š”๐š‘๐š˜๐š•๐š– ๐šœ๐šข๐š—๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐š˜๐š™๐š™๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ๐š˜๐š›๐šœ. ๐Ÿ˜ข
30,000 ๐š๐šž๐š’๐š•๐š•๐š˜๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐š’๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š—๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š–๐š™๐šœ, ๐š— ๐šŠ ๐šฃ ๐š’ ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š›๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šข ๐š—๐š˜๐š  ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐™ฐ๐š–๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐šŒ๐šŠ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š.
๐š‚๐š๐šŠ๐šข ๐šŒ๐š•๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šˆ๐™ท๐š†๐™ท ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐™ณ๐š˜ ๐™ฝ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐Ÿ’‰.
๐™ณ๐šŽ๐š™๐š˜๐š™๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—, ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š’๐šŠ ๐™ถ๐šž๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ "๐™ฝ๐šŽ๐š  ๐š†๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š ๐™พ๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š›".
1) ๐š–๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š†๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š ๐š™๐š˜๐š™๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š˜๐š 500 ๐š–๐š’๐š•๐š•๐š’๐š˜๐š—.
๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐Ÿ’‰ ๐š ๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐™ถ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š— ๐™ณ๐™ฝ๐™ฐ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š—๐šŠ๐š—๐š˜๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐šœ ๐š ๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š” ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š๐šœ. ๐Ÿ‘น
๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š‘๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š—๐š˜๐šŒ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐šŒ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐š–๐šž๐š—๐š’๐šœ๐š ๐šœ๐š˜๐šŒ๐š’๐šŽ๐š๐šข.
๐™ด๐š’๐šœ๐šŽ๐š—๐š‘๐š˜๐š ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š—๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐š’๐š•๐š’๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐š’๐š—๐š๐šž๐šœ๐š๐š›๐š’๐šŠ๐š• ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐š™๐š•๐šŽ๐šก ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐™น๐™ต๐™บ, "๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š’๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐š™๐š•๐š˜๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐š›๐šข ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŽ๐š—๐šœ๐š•๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—, ๐š ๐š˜๐š–๐šŠ๐š— & ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š’๐š•๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š‘๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š—๐š˜๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐™ธ ๐š’๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŽ๐šก๐š™๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š™๐š•๐š˜๐š", ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š—๐š.
๐š‚๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐š˜๐šŒ๐š’๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐š•๐šž๐šŒ๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐šŠ๐š— ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š–๐šŠ๐šœ๐š˜๐š—๐šœ ๐š›๐šž๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š.
๐š†๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šž๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐š’๐š•. ๐Ÿ˜ข
๐š๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— 13.
๐™ฐ๐š—๐š, 5๐™ถ ๐š ๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐šž๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘, 60 ๐š๐š‘๐šฃ ๐š’๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š–๐š’๐šŒ๐š›๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š— ๐š‘๐š’๐š๐š‘, ๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š›, ๐š’๐š ๐šŠ๐š•๐šœ๐š˜ ๐š–๐š’๐š–๐š’๐šŒ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šข๐š–๐š™๐š๐š˜๐š–๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š’๐š—๐šŸ๐š’๐šœ๐š’๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐š’๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ป๐š’๐šŽ๐š›๐šž๐šœ.
๐™ถ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฑ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ



@nelpatrown6763

I don't need a lot of things,
I can get by with nothing
Of all the blessings life can bring,
I've always needed something
But I've got all I want
When it comes to loving you
You're my only reason,
You're my only truth
[chorus]
I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From Heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you
You're the hope that moves me
To courage again
You're the love that rescues me
When the cold winds rage
And it's so amazing
'Cause that's just how you are
And I can't turn back now
'Cause you've brought me too far



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@Bauna1321

My mom listened to this song constantly after my dad passed away. Now that she's gone as well, I listen to it daily. She loved it and so do I โค๏ธ

@tashafranklin9178

So sorry for your loss. Be blessed. Be well. Love this song, too!!!๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•

@BrighamYen

๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ

@raymondmacapagal6866

๐Ÿ™

@sciencelearnremember

damn. I felt this. A beautiful song and glad it brings comfort to both of us.

@jeremylee7750

I'm sorry :( this song makes me feel so Good. Being a kid . When life was great and fun. I miss this Era and being that happy

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@philopino868

Here from watching that episode of a new Netflix series, Country Comfort :) Her voice is still so good in 2021!

@c7698

Me toooo

@chrissj8333

Me 3

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