I Need You
RIMES LEANN 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

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

Overall Meaning

In the song "I Need You," Leann Rimes expresses her love and admiration for her partner. She explains how despite having all the material things in life, she still needed something, and that something is her partner. According to the lyrics, the love that they share is the only reason and truth for her to be content. The chorus best summarizes the lyrics as she mentions that she needs her partner like water, breath, and rain; the love they share is as crucial as mercy from heaven's gate, and it's the freedom in their arms that carries her through.


In essence, the song is about the power of love and how the love shared between two people can be a source of comfort and strength. She also emphasizes how her partner is her only reason to be content, indicating how significant their relationship is to her. The lyrics ooze love and affection, and it's impossible not to feel the emotions that Rimes conveys throughout the song. Overall, "I Need You" is a beautiful love song that highlights the importance of love and a healthy, loving relationship.


Line by Line Meaning

I don't need a lot of things
I am not someone who depends on materialistic things.


I can get by with nothing
I am someone who doesn't require anything to survive.


With all the blessings life can bring
Even though life may provide me with good things, I still feel incomplete.


I've always needed something
I have always had a gap in my life that needs to be filled.


But I've got all I want
Finally, I have found everything I wanted.


When it comes to loving you
When it comes to expressing love, there's only one person whom I want to love completely.


You're my only reason
The motivation for my happiness is your love.


You're my only truth
The only truth in my life is that you are always there for me.


I need you like water
I am so dependent on you that I can't survive without you, just like I can't survive without water.


Like breath, like rain
Just like how I need air to breathe, I need you for my survival.


I need you like mercy
You provide me with solace, just like how I feel mercy from the divine.


From heaven's gate
The purity of your love comes from above, from where the heavens are.


There's a freedom in your arms
In your love and your embrace, I find contentment.


That carries me through
The warmth and care in your embrace help me tide over difficult times.


You're the hope that moves me
You're the spark of hope within me that helps me surge ahead.


To courage again, oh yeah
Your love empowers me to find my courage and face whatever comes my way.


You're the love that rescues me
Your love is like a protective shield that saves me from any harm.


When the cold winds, rage
When life throws chaos and confusion, your love acts as a calming force.


And it's so amazing
The way you love me is incredible and beyond comprehension for me.


'Cause that's just how you are
Your loving nature and your unconditional love are traits that make you who you are.


And I can't turn back now
I have gone too far with you, and seeing my life without you seems impossible.


'Cause you've brought me too far
In my journey with you, I have come this far, and I see my future with you only.


Oh yes I do
I truly, deeply, and completely need you in my life.




Lyrics ยฉ Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP
Written by: Dennis Matkosky, Ty Lacy

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@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.
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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

@madi8867

me 4!!

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