I Knew Love
My second ever contest win. Wrote this back in the late '90s. My cousin's wife was dying, and there was just something in his eyes that I couldn't explain. A sort of hollowness. This song is written from a woman's perspective (because I wrote it for a female to sing) whose husband is dying in front of her eyes, and the emotions are ripping her apart. Though, it's every bit as much about the sorrow she feels for him being without her, and life in general, as much as her being without him. The second part of the second chorus really explodes as a powerhouse vocalization of pain and angst. I rarely toot my own horn, but singing this back, I can see why it won a contest. It's quite the powerful song, yet simplistic in language and composition. I've always imagined a single piano, maybe an acoustic six string to start, with violins coming in on the 2nd part of the first verse, and full-on band for the chorus.
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When I knew love
And I knew life
When I held close
What I knew was right
I had to fall
I knew it all
When I knew love...
And when we danced
I knew delight
Oh, when we kissed
Fire would ignite
I let it pass
Time proved too fast
When I knew love...
(Chorus 1)
And I heard the wise ones say the same
How true love's everlasting
And fools like me, we bear the blame
For taking it for granted
I thought I was immune
But I proved to be one too
When I knew love....
And when we touched
The world stood still
Then you let go
You lost the will
Now, looking back
In shades of black
When I knew love...
And when you fell
I fell with you
When time erased
All that we knew
But there's no end
Yet there's no again
When I knew love...
(Chorus 2)
And I heard the wise ones say the same
How true love's everlasting
And fools like me, we bear the blame
For taking it for granted
I thought I was immune
But I proved to be one too
When I knew - that you were here with me
It gave me something I could lean on
And when they said that you would go away
I just knew I couldn't be strong
But, baby, one day I'll be there too
I just wish I could go with you
You're my true love...
I knew love
And I knew life
When I held close
What I knew was right
Now, looking back
In shades of black
When I knew love
© Brian Hendrix 2020
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