Story Behind The Song
A miniature Merchant/Ivory film in the form of a lhighly visual, cinematic love song.
Song Description
A lyrical, almost photographic look at love and the passage of time, measured in familiar details... cigarette smoke, old snapshots, houses by the sea.
| Song Length |
3:44 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Engaging |
Subject |
Existence, Searching for Love |
| Similar Artists |
Bryan Adams, Paul Simon |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
From Now On
©1995, Words and Music by John Gahl
From now on I will only spend my time
In second-story rooms that face the sea.
I?ve narrowed my horizons in too many other ways;
In a room with a view is where I?ll be
When night comes, you?ll come knocking on my door
I will listen for your name,
And like the ocean rising up unto the moon
We?ll begin to turn the tide, rise and fall, it?s all the same.
You can?t argue with a hammer
It?ll bend you till you break
Hammer does the giving
Nail?s the one that takes
The one that aches...
From now on I will only smoke
Cigarettes that you have lit for me
I like a little haze with my enlightenment
All this truth and clarity... just confuses me.
If you own a camera,
Let me give you some advice:
Don?t ever take a photograph
That you can?t throw away... without thinking twice.