Hello Beautiful People,
There are songs. And then there are songs.
There are songwriters who craft something pretty & sweet, something easy on the ear, something to entertain the masses. I once knew someone who was convinced that pop song writers specifically wrote music that would have more popularity should the listeners be drinking in a bar.
I don’t really know how true that is, but alas, I digress.
There is another group of songwriters, the ones that don’t write for the masses…
They write to tell a story. They write because the music exists in them, and they must get it out. They are the wizards of lyrics & notes. These are the songwriters who take you to a completely different place when listening to their music.
When you listen, you start to remember memories that you had buried in the dusty corners of your brain and the deepest parts of your heart.
When you listen, it’s as if you start to feel…again.
When you listen, it’s as if you start to love…again.
When you listen, you are grateful for every note, every chord, every syllable, and every sound, for in hearing the music, you come away knowing that you are not alone. That there is someone who has shared this experience, that there is someone out there who too has been hurt. Loved. Betrayed. Lost.
For me, Scott Alan is one of these people.
And, the song Again, whether it is sung by Hadley Fraser or Christiane Noll, it makes me cry like a baby. Not pretty tears either, we’re talking red-faced, puffy-eyed, snot nosed tears. Perhaps it’s because it hits a bit too close to home.
Yes, it hits home for me. Like a bullet to the heart, like a punch in the gut, this song knocked the wind out of me when I heard it. It was a more tangible story than any other song on the airwaves right now. It’s like…my life, in a song. And it’s beautiful. And painful. And music to my ears.
Listen:
Again (featuring Hadley Fraser), lyrics by Scott Alan.
(The lyrics that are below are written from the perspective of a male singing it.
In the version where Christiane Noll sings it, she is singing to a man who is about to marry another woman. For anyone who is still in love with someone who left, well, you must listen to both versions.)
Again, lyrics by Scott Alan
Performed by both Hadley Fraser & Christiane Noll
You look beautiful as always
Never fail to take my breath away
He’s a lucky guy to have you
How’d I ever let you slip away?
In our completely perfect world
The two of you would not have met
You wouldn’t look so radiant there
In your wedding dress
But this is not a perfect world
And I know I should not be here
Just I have to say one thing
Before you disappear
Again
I love you still
I’ve never stopped who knows if I will
I don’t want to see us end
So here I am hoping you’ll come home
To me
Again
Please say something
Say anything at all
I can’t handle the silence
Yes I know this is not the place or time
I can’t bear that I may lose you
If I could turn the hands of time
And have a chance to right my wrongs
Love you twice as much
Held you twice as strong
I should have never let you go
And I shouldn’t have walked away believe
Now that we are here
There’s one thing that I need to say
I love you still
I’ve never stopped
I don’t think that I will
I don’t want to see us end
But here I am hoping you’ll come home
To me again
And I’m down here on my knees again
Begging you not to marry him
If you do I know my heart will break
There is only so much it can take
Come with me, go on take my hand
Leave a note; I’m sure he’ll understand
I love you still
I’ve never stopped
I know I never will
Please don’t let this be our end
Here I am praying you’ll come home
With me
(written here by David Burnip)
Live, Love, Learn,