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Demi Lovato: Skyscraper Meaning

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Skyscraper Lyrics

VERSE 1:

Skies are Crying
I am watching
Catching tear drops in my hands
only silence
has it's ending
like we never had a chance
do you have to
make me feel like
there's nothing left of me?

CHORUS:

You can take everything I...

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  1. anonymous
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     Oct 28th 2011 !⃝

    By hearing the lyrics to this wonderful heart felt song is that Demi is reaching out for help, she is going to rise up above like a skyscraper and nothing or nobody will stand in her path. She believes that she can be stronger and better while people are trying to put her down. She knows what she wants and won't let anyone or anything stand in her way.

  2. anonymous
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     Oct 25th 2011 !⃝

    This song is about her going through tough times about the people and she will rise like a skyscraper.

  3. anonymous
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     Oct 21st 2011 !⃝

    I think this song means that no matter what people do or say to demi she will rise above it no matter what she will rise and that's what really matters.

  4. anonymous
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     Oct 19th 2011 !⃝

    skyscraper is very inspiring im happy demi did a song about her rising up from her past. something everybody should do

  5. anonymous
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     Oct 8th 2011 !⃝

    It means she is going against the illuminati
    in my opinion

  6. anonymous
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     Sep 30th 2011 !⃝

    Well to me i think that its talking about everything she went through!!!!! beat that :p

  7. anonymous
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     Sep 25th 2011 !⃝

    The song is about Demi Lovato overcoming everything from her past. She's rising above it all like a skyscraper. It represents her strength and power.

  8. anonymous
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     Sep 22nd 2011 !⃝

    I think it's for 911

  9. anonymous
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     Sep 11th 2011 !⃝

    i know this song is all about her and rising above her hardships she faced, but i cant help think about 9/11 when i listen to this song. the twin towers obviously being the skyscraper, but in the beginning, "Skies are Crying/I am watching/
    Catching tear drops in my hands" i imagine any citizen watching the towers collapse. and then, "only silence/as it's ending/like we never had a chance" being we had nothing to do to stop the planes that were hijacked and the silence being the shock that everyone was in with nothing to do but just watch. "do you have to/make me feel like/there's nothing left of me?" this could be the terrorists making americans feel like we are losing so much and that they just keep going until we dont have much left. "You can take everything I have/You can break everything I am/Like I'm made of glass/Like I'm made of paper/Go on and try to tear me down/I will be rising from the ground/Like a skyscraper" this could be the fall of the buildings and then the rebuilding of the memorial that is at ground zero now. the rest of the lyrics fall into place as well but it being the tenth anniversary today and i just heard the song for the first time yesterday i couldnt help but imagine that this could be interpreted about 9/11 even though it is clearly about her overcoming her own struggles

  10. anonymous
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     Sep 6th 2011 !⃝

    i think the song is about people getting over desperation like bullying,relationships etc.
    and people have to fight for themselves, and getting over the people who didn't think you could do it or was good enough for something. I really like this song because i am going through a desperation time right now so i can really relate

  11. anonymous
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     Aug 10th 2011 !⃝

    well at first when i listened to this sing i was like...was she raped? Listen to the lyrics and you will see that meaning kinda...but after further review i can see that she DOES mean the media and what others say and do...and ALSO...i had a large struggle with bulimia with anorexic tendencies and it does NOT have to control you! i have found a healthy weight at 110 lbs, i am 5' 1.5". YAY!! And at one pointi was the same height and only 78 lbs. That was my all time low and i was put in a rehabilitation center and therapy. A year later, I am 15 years old, I am happy! and i have a wonderful boyfriend who stuck with me through it all. I am a Skyscraper, and i encourage other young, old, and in between women to be the same.

  12. anonymous
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     Jul 26th 2011 !⃝

    i think shes talking about how she went through so much but shes trying to move on and has and she will rise and come above this i love demi

  13. anonymous
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     Jul 22nd 2011 !⃝

    This song is about how she went through all her issues after ending her relationship with Joe Jonas. She says that he (Joe) can take everything she have and break everything she is but she'll be rising from the ground like a Skyscraper and go through everything. It's obviously about her relationship with Joe, because she said in an interview, that she recorded this song one year ago and she couldn't stop crying while she was on the studio recording Skyscraper. She also told that she didn't write this song but when she first saw this song it meant everything to her. So, this song is definitely for Joe Jonas. This song will help a lot of people who is getting through the issues that she went through. Skyscraper's powerful and her voice is strong.
    The video clip shows a heart inside of a glass box and she told in the interview that it means that her heart is sensible. At the end of the video clip, the glass box is broken but the heart doesn't. She said that it means that her heart is strong enough to go through this kind of issues without be broken. Demi made a great work and she's very courageous! Stay Strong <3

  14. anonymous
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     Jul 19th 2011 !⃝

    VERSE 1:

    Skies are Crying
    I am watching
    Catching tear drops in my hands
    -I think she's talking about depression here.
    only silence
    as it's ending
    like we never had a chance
    -I'm not quite sure of this one. I think it's saying the fight is really hard with difficulties like Demi's.
    do you have to
    make me feel like
    there's nothing left of me?
    -This is obviously about bullying.

    CHORUS:

    You can take everything I have
    You can break everything I am
    Like I'm made of glass
    Like I'm made of paper
    Go on and try to tear me down
    I will be rising from the ground
    Like a skyscraper
    Like a skyscraper
    -This says you can go do whatever, say whatever, but you can't get me down anymore, I'm too strong.

    VERSE 2:

    As the smoke clears
    I awaken
    and untangle you from me
    would it make you
    feel better
    to watch me while I bleed?
    -Bullying again, I'm sure.
    All my windows
    still are broken
    but I'm standing on my feet
    -Even though I'm vulnerable, I'm standing to fight for myself.

    BRIDGE:

    Go, run, run, run
    I'm gonna stay right here
    Watch you disappear, yeah
    Go, run, run, run
    Yeah, it's a long way down
    but i am closer to the clouds up here
    -You go be a coward, I'm standing and being me.

    That's my interpretation. <3 Stay Strong, Dems.

  15. anonymous
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     Jul 15th 2011 !⃝

    this song is all about when you go through something that you get made fun of about, you know you can stand tall like a 'skyscraper'. Demi, you rock!

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