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Usher – Moving Mountains lyrics
It's like whatever I do
Ooh
I Just can't get through you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
I never gonna tell you nothin wrong

Now, now she loved me, shawty I loved her
Used to jump up in the maybach and roll out
Used to care, she used to share
The love that she used to give me can't be found
I lost my way, she said she'd stay
And lately I've been sleeping with a ghost
My stock is down and out, I used to be worth my weight in gold
That was before the great depression kicked in and rocked us
And that was before the hurricane came in and stopped us
I told you to leave, but you lied to me
When you said that, baby no worries I promise to get us back

I know sorries, just wouldn't do it
Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying to travel through
But it's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains... Hey
But I keep climbing and hoping things would change
And the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away
It's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains...
Why just leave me, just leave me, be
Just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me, Be
Why you just leave me, just leave me be ooh

She, she don't touch me, I don't touch her
We aint really even ever say a word.
I really want to give her everything she deserves
But, the bad took away the good
She thinks that I'm full of it, arguments, always pissed, man I'm tired
Every kiss, that I missed, girl you know I'm trying
You never believe me when I say, and I never believe it when you say
I love you, and I shouldn't complain about it
I should take it like a man and walk up out it
Cause we will never be the same ooh
I've been standing in gas, and you have been the flames

I know sorries, just wouldn't do it
Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying to get through
Gotta move this mountain, yeah
It's like moving mountains... Hey
But I keep climbing and hoping things would change
And the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away
It's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains...
Well baby why you just leave me,
Just leave me, be
Just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me be ooh

[Background singing]
This must be a slow death,
That I'm travelin' on.
It feels so wrong, I'm
Barely holdin' on
See, no matter what it takes
I've gotta get it together.

And these hills that I'm travelin' up
She ain't showin' me love
I'm down on my love

I know sorries, just wouldn't do it
Her heart is obliterated, I'm trying travel through
But it's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains... Hey
But I keep climbing and hoping things would change
And the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain washes progress away
It's like moving mountains...
It's like moving mountains...
Well baby why you just leave me,
Just leave me, be
Just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me, be
Why you just leave me, just leave me be ooh
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Songwriters: Christopher A. Stewart, Terius Youngdell Nash, Thaddis Laphonia Harrell
Moving Mountains lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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    BigKahuna 2008-12-17 21:45:03
    Hmm. I think what the song is about is. The guy has done something wrong by her, (I lost my way, she said she'd stay). Even though the girl said they'd get through it, he can feel that they will never again get the amount of trust back into the relationship which took them years to build. So he tries to break through that barrier, but it is too strong for him. She has put up a wall to stop herself from getting hurt again, and after trying, trying and more trying, he realizes that, even though he still loves her immensley, he will never be able to break that barrier, never be able to rebuild what was lost! Once you do that to someone. You can't just hit restart, the barrier will be perminant. That's what I think anyways!
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    michelle_mitch 2008-08-04 09:32:13
    I think the song depicts "love ruined by trust". Obviously the guy messed up and eventually the girl lost her trust in him. Its not just an issue of trust alone. What makes it a very sad song is that. Despite losing trust on his man. She continues to love stay with the relationship and that's what is killing him.(why you just leave me). Its a very sad song becuase despite his efforts in making things work out. Her heart is really obliterated. In a relationship. Trust is very much important. Its easy to fall in love and be in a relationship. Buts its really hard to keep up the relationship. Once trust is lost. Its very difficult to believe somebody and Trust him again.
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    oreo21 2008-08-05 20:49:03
    Alot of times the relationships have bumps in the road that this guy is trying to fix before it ends like for ex. A person who loves me would do anything to save me, help me or not try to let me go and I think this is what this song is trying to say that nothing can go wrong if you just fix it when he sings moving mountains I think he is trying to say girl don't go my life is meaningless without you.
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    binafbby 2008-08-01 19:17:56
    This is lyk da saddest song ever each time it makes me cry it says exactly what I'm goin thru me && a boyfriend recently broke up && thru our relationship its was lyk da best always had me lauffin && smilim it felt lyk da best wit him he told me he loved me && I never really believd it && wen I ttold him he dint believ I did believ it deep down but sumtimes he jus messd up soo much && he told too jus leave but I culdnt becuz I loved him soo much you culdnt stand to jus say good bye until yesterday was da ene of it. He had so many chances b4 but willl see if thell be another time I get to call him my boyfriend.
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    melibabi 2008-07-24 03:09:54
    I know exactly what this song means. I went through the same thing. It hurts so much wen you love a person that just cnt give his all in a relationship cuz his love moved on. No matter how much you try and make it work. You can't. And you feel like you lost something good. You miss how it used to be and blame yourself cuz you couldn't get things to be like they used to. It sucks when ur still in love but they fell out a long time ago. Especially wen they take advantage the second time around.
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    yoRB 2008-07-16 05:57:05
    I agree that his relationship is hard enough without outside forces bearing down-family, money, kids, other women, the media but keeping it all together is the hardest part. Getting through infidelity when you really care for the person you cheated on for one (its like moving a mountain) basically he's trying to be a better man and he needs her to understand the hardship is ahead otherwise he's back at square one.
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    ajexis 2008-04-25 21:50:22
    Her hurt his girl and instead of her leaving she said she would stay and they would "promise to get it back" but they are so cold to eachother like making "love to a ghost" like the love isn't there anymore cause "we will never be the same" so why didn't she just "leave me" cause getting their relationship back is like "moving mountains" but he loves her so much he keeps "climbing hoping things will change"
    So deep I love it. It's going on myspace right now!
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    febluv28 2009-02-03 14:49:29
    This song is so deep for people that have been truly through it with their bf/gf. Its like you trying everything so yall can get it back to the way it was. It gets hard because your trying to uphold the relationship knowing you can't do it without the others persons help. But you keep trying because you love them with your heart. But sometimes in order to move forward you have to let go!
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    Enomis 2008-09-26 15:15:38
    I must say this is a very good song. The meaning is that the guy cheated on his girlfriend and she said she would forgive him but then things are not the same between them anymore. He tries very hard for her to forgive him but it aint going nowhere so he decide that it would be better for her to just leave him. He does not want to leave her because the whole situation is caused by him.
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    ShelbyShinoda 2008-09-12 21:35:42
    This song is about a man who does something to lose his woman's trust, most likely cheat on her. Anyway she say's she forgives him and they can try again but it's just not the same anymore. There's no trust there, and love is just dying and dying. He's trying to make it work but it feels like "moving mountains" So in the end he's just like lets just end this, that way you can be happy and I start over. Hence the words:
    "Just leave me, be"
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    justmylife 2008-08-19 21:05:28
    This song to me feels sad. It fells like your loosing someone you care about. And its extreamly hard to get over. Because the person you cared about left suddendly. You arrive home and their gone. No where to be found. No notes nothing taken. Vanishing suddendly without a trace. You can't eat or sleep. Thoughts of that person are in your head. Its to late. You cry, its to hard, what did you do to make this person leave. You may never know. Your heart is brroken into a million peices. Where did you go wrong? You don't know. Your confused. You can't focuse. You feel that getting over the special person in your life is like moving mountains.
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    MizzRuby 2008-07-27 17:07:06
    They were happy and had a good relationship, he messed up and she said she wouldnt leave him. She can't get over what happened so she shut down and he keeps telling her to leave but she wants to make it work. Trying to get through this period in their relationship is like "moving mountains". Its hard! Since she can't get over it, he just wants her to leave but becasue she decided to stay, he is stuck cause it was his fault, that's why he's angry. Its a sad song.
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    cee_squared 2008-07-08 11:34:39
    In my interpretations, this song is about how the relationship is just not how it used to be. Hardships in the relationship kick in and their love for eachother is deteriorating. He still loves her and hopes to work out their differences, but her heart/love has obliterated (faded). "moving mountains" is just a way to say that it's impossible. You can't move mountains, you can only climb over 'em. But obstacles come thru and prevent you from getting to the other side. In the end, he's left all on his own.
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    loveeee 2008-10-09 00:38:45
    I think the meaning of this song is hes done something to her that he will never forgive himself for, she forgives him cuz she loves him too much but things just arent the same as they used to be. Hes trying his best to get it back to normal but its really hard and it hurts them both inside He said things to her he never meant to say and he wished to take them back, but he thinks shes should just leave him beacuse after what he has done and said to her that she can deserves more.
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    lyrical_grl 2008-10-07 01:45:29
    He's sorry for something he did that hurt her so deep he can feel her pain. He wants to ease her pain and knows that the only way to do it would be for them to part but he doesn't want to because she's a part of him. He's basically torn in two worrying what to do while feeling the pain she's in.
    My bf says this song shakes him to his very core and I feel like it speaks to me too.
    We should be careful of the things we do that hurt those close to us because our loved ones are a part of us and when a part of us is hurting all of us is hurting.
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    lyrical_grl 2008-10-07 01:42:32
    He's sorry for something he did that hurt her so deep he hcan feel her pain. He wants to ease her pain and knows that the only way to do it would be for them to part but he doesn't want to because she's a part of him. He's basically torn in two worrying what to do while feeling the pain she's in.
    My bf says this song shakes him to his very core and I feel like it speaks to me too.
    We should be careful of the things we do that hurt those close to us because our loved ones are a part of us and when a part of us is hurting all of us is hurting.
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    Unregistered 2019-05-07 16:58:33
    My ex dedicated this song to me when we went through it... I found out he cheated and there was a baby on the way and still tried to stay and make it work but I couldn't trust him...the love and trust wasnt the same . This song word for word describes it all... It is now a distant memory as with time I learnt he wasnt the one for me.
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    Unregistered 2012-07-01 17:18:42
    My husband was diagnosed with cancer just over a year ago and now he's terminal. On mother's day he moved out saying he needed to sort things out in his mind and on june 18th (our 2 yr wedding anniversary) he tells me that he is no longer in love with me and is done with our marriage. Idk if this is his way of trying to spare me the pain of him dieing or if he truely feels this way, either way it hurts like hell. This is the great depression that rocked us. Like usher says, I've been standing in gas and my husband's the flame. This is a slow death of my heart. I love my husband with everything I am and I wouldn't change a minute I have had with him.
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    Unregistered 2012-02-22 19:41:59
    This song is so powerful! For anybody who has experienced or is experiencing a time in their relationship where things aren't as they used to be but one person more than the other is trying and still has hope this is for you! This song speaks volumes trust is gone, love is fading, but hes still persisting. Maybe its the end (cause we will never be the same) or maybe hes still gonna try (I'm trying to get through, gotta move this mountain) either way her says (he gotta get it together) . Beautiful.
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    dogzrule 2008-12-16 01:45:16
    This song means that he broke up with her because he needed some time to gather himself. She said that they would get back together and they haven't. Now he is trying to move on and talk to her again but its like moving mountains and it is really hard to get through the hard time. I can totally relate to this song because this is exactly what happened to me and instead of usher singing this. It should be me.
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    leangelindiku 2008-06-25 13:08:56
    I believe this song is talking bout the obstacles we encounter as we all try to pursue love. It may be we are already in a relationship and we are trying to make it work so we can go to the next stage or for some reason we are unable to be with the one we love for some reason or another.
    Usher is sooo different in this song it's unlike him. I love it.
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    stars212 2008-06-19 20:57:48
    Wow this song is word for word the relationship between me and my boyfriend. We loved each other so much and he slipped and lost all of my trust, and I promised to stay and make it better and we'd get back to normal but it's been so hard and I've went through depressions and he's trying so hard (like moving mountains) but its so hard for me and I want to get back but its hard to believe him, this would be his song for me because he really is doing everytthing but its like "moving mountains" to get back to normal. Love this song but it is sad.
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    jnk7 2008-06-16 20:19:48
    This song is about (to me) a man that messed up and he says sorry and the girl forgives him but really she doesn't show it and she starts to change, the love that she has for him is not the same. He feels that its so hard to get to her. He feels like hes trying everything but its impossible to work things out. Yes they have love for eachother but they always arguing and hes tired of it and hes telling her I'm trying, I'm trying to get close to you but you won't let me so why you just let me be and leave me. J. N. K
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    SIESIE 2008-06-04 22:21:52
    This song is sooo what ifeel about now like its crazy cz idid sumthn &I'm tryn21apologize 2my dude bt its so hard 2get thru to him &I'm telln him if he dsnt wanna go on wit this then tell me bt he's telln me errythng is fine bt like he acts totally different like he dsnt even say he love me as much as he use to. Yea ican deff feel this song forreal bt hopefully me&his relationshp gets back 2how it used 2be.&I just thinks dats wild how he came out wit a song that relates 2exactly what I'm goin thru.
    *Sie*.
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    Sunsetdriver3 2008-06-30 23:23:12
    I think that this song is about Usher making a mistake in their relationship,(most likely cheated on her while "In That Club" lol) and she has given him another chance, but it's difficult for them to move on past his infedelity and it seems the bad out weighs the good and that stops the relationship from going anywhere. It's like moving a mountain compares to them being happy with eachother again.
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    REAL 2008-06-24 02:57:23
    I love this song! Cuz it's by my bae usher! But we all kno(Or should kno)Dat this song iz about chilli! Which iz hiz one &Only love! No matta how much dat mug azz "WIFE" of hiz tries 2 stop it! Uuugh I can't belive he'z wit dat ugly lady! Chilli looks like A million times betta then dat!& then on top of all dat da lady got like 4 otha freakin kids! Like wtf! He needs 2 snap baq 2 reality get custody of his son & divorce her ancient azz!& datz on da real! Now if any of yall who reads this wanna give A feedbaq. Post A comment 2 let me kno wats gud! Aiight.
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    shantalep510 2008-06-30 16:39:04
    I think this song is about two people that are in a realationship. But the male in the relationship loves the female. And he is trying too say that loving her and havein a relationship with her is like moving a mountain.
    This could be in a guys situation or in a girls. Its a really nice song and very touchy. I can relate too this sonmg because I was wit someone for a year. And through the whole rrelationship I'm loved him more then he loved me. And it hurts.
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