When You Kissed Me (a demo)

This is a grownups’ love song.

Not for the faint of heart are love and its vagaries. Especially during the time of great desire and burning jealousy.

Musically, this is a melody that I have been playing around with for a couple of years. But the story, and therefore the lyrics, was elusive.

Some songs exist independently. And find their songwriter by means that remain one of the great mysteries of art. I was sitting at the right place, at the right time, strumming this melody when the story of a double-edged breakup came along.

Not often does a song have room or time to include two sets of relationships being dissolved.

But I like that there is not only a sweetness to the confession of the affair but an acknowledgement of the pain it caused.

The sharp edge of love and its aftermath is also revealed in the quote from William Congreve: “Heaven has no rage like love turned to hate.” (Which is the front end of a more famous quote often misattributed to Shakespeare: “…Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.”).

I’ve been pleased with the reaction when playing this song live on a couple of occasions, as well as Melissa’s opinion – if you were wondering why it leads off this series of Demos.

 

The demo above is just me and my guitar.

 When You Kissed Me

I see you’re leaving by the clothes you’re wearing
And the bags you packed by the door.
I’d beg you to stay but I’ve learned the hard way
That our love’s a double-edged sword

We sat under a moon ‘til the sky turned blue
Knowing exactly where it would lead us
There was nothing I’d rather do except what we shouldn’t do
And then we’d both be defenseless

And then you kissed me
And then you kissed me

We thought we knew it all and we’d be absolved
From breaking the hearts of our lovers
But “heaven knows (has) no rage like love turned to hate”
And they burned all our bridges

Just like a summer storm, trouble seems to comes along
When you are out in the open
And we were running wild with nowhere to hide
And it ended all so sudden

And we blamed each other
With word that kill just like murder

so as you say goodbye, i swear I’m going to try
to remember only the good times
like when you made me blush and we were making love
and you said close your eyes…

And then you kissed me
And then you kissed me

so as you say goodbye, i swear I’m going to try
to remember only the good times
like when you kissed me
like when you kissed me

 

 

 

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