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My Love

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  • Once upon a time
    Searching for love where it could never be found
    I put my rose-coloured glasses on
    and wrote you a love song.

    I clung to the dream
    Even as I watched the story fade
    I cried myself to sleep each night
    Longing to hear words you’d never say.

    I was so scared
    That if I left you wouldn’t follow
    Deep down I knew the truth
    Indeed, your heart was hollow.

    Chorus:

    Would this be our love story?
    Time would tell, I believed.
    Could this really be a love story?
    My heart whispered yes…if you leave.

    The choice, you made it easy
    I walked away weak and ashamed
    Pieces of me shattered,
    Will never be the same.

    I have put my glasses down
    And now I stand here tall,
    I’ve breathed my soul together
    And am grateful for it all.

    Chorus:

    This wasn’t our love story,
    The way I thought it would be
    I shake my head in wonder
    My love, it turns out, was for me.

  • The year was 1994.

    We were high school sweethearts who found their way back to each other. I believed so deep in my heart that it was meant to be.

    I’d enjoyed writing poetry when I was younger, and was now inspired to write a love song. These lyrics truly reflect the adoration and admiration I felt at the time.

    It’s been a beautiful thing reworking this song, looking back with a sweet nostalgia that up until recently was hidden under the layers of how the love story ended.

  • Music:
    Cara Lianne McLeod & Tomas Brabec

    Lyrics:
    Cara Lianne McLeod

    Piano:
    Chris Andrew

    Producer:
    Octavo Productions