Closer

Story Behind The Song

Written when missing my wife while traveling

Song Description

The paradox of needing time along and the ache of being apart

Song Length 3:24 Genre Rock - Easy Listening, Pop - Easy Listening
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Adorable, Horrible Subject Relationship, Long
Similar Artists Paul Mccartney, The Beatles Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Closer

If only love can mend my heart
Why do I ache when we're apart?
And if only love can make me strong
Tell me how I'm to get along?

So long without you
So long without you

Walking down the street
In a seconds' beat
I can shift from emptiness
To bursting at the seams

Someone passes by
Sad, familiar eyes
And I'm spilling
On your answering machine

Wish we were closer
Need to be closer

If only love can mend my heart
Why do I ache when we're apart?
And if only love can make me strong
Tell me how I'm to get along?

So long without you
So long without you

And what if you were here?
Would it change a thing?
We might drift for hours
In familiar wanderings

Then needed time alone
Time to know our own
Caught up in this puzzle box
The paradox of need

Need to be closer
Need to be closer

If only love can mend my heart
Why do I ache when we're apart?
And if only love can make me strong
Tell me how I'm to get along?

So long without you
So long without you

Lyrics Brett Perkins/Karin Johansson Music Brett Perkins/Karin Johansson
Producer Brett Perkins/Nils Poulsen Publisher Bug Music
Performance Brett Perkins Label Works of Heart

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