At first,

You’re all anticipation:

When will he call?

Is she the one?

Where could this lead?


At first,

It’s all exhilaration!

Starting to fall . . .

Gathering speed . . .


And you’re flying!

Reaching!

Soaring!

Drowning in happiness!

Dreaming!

Risking all!

Now that you’re falling in love!


In time,

A love begins compounding

Through all the things

That bring you close;

Making you more.


With time,

A love becomes astounding!

Like wings . . .

Helping you soar . . .


And you’re trusting.

Sharing.

Growing.

Helping through compromise.

Building.

Giving all.

Finding a partner in love.


But still,

Your passion can forsake you

When tensions start to grow.

Frustrations overtake you.

Emotions overflow.

And ‘though you don’t mean to,

Your tempers can blow . . .


And you’re shouting.

Straining.

Pleading.

Glaring through arguments.

Fighting.

Losing all.

Reaching the bound’ries of love.


Losing.

Coping.

Aching.

Tortured by loneliness.

Grieving.

Letting go . . .


So now,

‘Though many things remind you

Of what you’ve lost;

Things gone awry --


Have faith,

‘Cause someone new may find you.

And when they do . . .

Maybe you’ll try . . .


And you’re healing.

Seeking.

Dreaming.

Choosing to risk again.

Hoping.

Moving on . . .

For love!




This was an interesting challenge, in that it left the topic of the song wide open!  In other ways, the challenge allowed me the chance to do a few things that I had wanted to try -- like writing a song in 5/4, and adding drums into a song.  (The snare drum in Whispered In Your Ear doesn’t count!)  But I needed to settle upon a topic first, before I could do any of those other things.


Well, I went around for a couple of days, toying with ideas.  My mind kept coming back to the idea of a song about love, but I kept balking at it.  I mean, after all -- you’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs!  But my mind kept chewing it over, and eventually I had worked through enough of the structure of the song that the idea started sliding itself down the path towards inevitability.


Rather than writing a “love song,” I decided to write a song about love -- the entire journey.  I wrote all five of the choruses first, then went back and filled in the connecting verses afterwards.  And I like the story the song tells . . .



Interesting thing about this song?  I knew from the very beginning that it would have a bass line and a drum kit in it.  But I still composed the whole song just for voice and piano first.  And it was cool and all.  But once I went into GarageBand and started fleshing out the rest of the sound, I was just stupefied at what this song became.  The song ratcheted itself up to a whole new stratospheric level in my mind.  (The bridge in particular just floors me . . .)


‘Cause again, the same as with A Letter To Humanity -- this is not “effortless” for me.  It’s not like I could hear all of this in my mind before I sat down.  I could hear the rockin’ piano line in my head just fine, but I had to find the rest of the sound by trial and error.  Thank heavens I was on summer vacation, or I’d have never had the time to do all of the work that this version of the song required.  But boy am I pleased with how it turned out!!!




Download “Love.mp3”

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