Story Behind The Song
"My dad suggested that I should write a song like what was on TV in the black & white talk show days. Sometimes he sees me play with a string quartet or with some other quirky arrangement--cello and trumpet--and he's like, 'Honey, if you could have been on TV with a big rock band or whatever band you wanted, what would that have been?' So I took that image and went with it in a '60s kind of direction and pictured myself with a horn section and perhaps some dancers doing a little movement and chiming in on backgrounds in the chorus only.
"It's the most upbeat and lyrically positive song on the record. And I was prompted to write it after breaking up with someone I'd been with quite a while; we're still incredibly good friends so I think of this as a platonic love song."
Song Description
Happy break-up song.
| Song Length |
3:45 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Subject |
Breaking Up |
Similar Artists |
Tori Amos, Alicia Keys |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
how'm I gonna write this love-letter to you when all I have are these hands
how'm I gonna write this love-letter to you when I can't even ask you to dance
*just don't tell me I've gotta give up on love
don't tell me that I've gotta give up on love
don't tell me that I've gotta give up on love when you know that it's true
I'm depending on you to be the angel in my view
how'm I gonna read this love-poem aloud when all I have are these words
how'm I gonna read this love poem aloud when I'm destined to stutter it's my curse*
did you know that I stay up late thinkin' about the love we could be making
as I drink you in with proverbial arms
and after everything I concede you're my only aching
and I would gladly let you slay me with your charms
c'mon and slay me with your charms
just don't tell me I've...gotta give up on love
did you know that I stay up late
thinkin' about the love we could be making
as I drink you in with proverbial eyes
and after everything I concede that my heart is breaking
and I would gladly let you paint me with white lies
c'mon and paint me with white lies
just don't tell me I've gotta give up on love
don't tell me that I've gotta give up on love
don't tell me that I've gotta give up on sweet, sweet love
when you know that it's true
I'm depending on you to be the angel in my view