From the recording RIVER
When I started working on this album 6 years ago I wasn't sure what the theme would be then this song came along and although I didn't know I would keep it I knew I loved the feel of it. I begin to think how about love and all it's characteristic and realized like a river it could be wide, deep, wild, free, calm, raging but always ever flowing. Love is like a river :-)
As a songwriter, I've always tried to avoid using too many metaphors and clichés in my songs. This one has a lot of them which is why I didn't love it right away. I was intentionally thoughtful about my choices and the words just seemed to "flow". I've learned that when something comes naturally not to fight it. There's a reason it came to you. Go with the the "flow".
The track needed to feel sexy, sensual and open with a sense of the "elements" of the outdoors so that was what I set out to do. Imagined myself riding on a raft down a "river" in a rainforest someplace. Maybe in Africa at the end of the song. What do you see?
Lyrics
Verse 1
As the sun begins to rise, I look over into your eyes
And I'm think it's amazing that you're my lady
and I know that I've been blessed
God has given me the best, love that I've ever known before
Just like the stars up in heaven up above
Nothing can equate to this love
Baby it's you and me together, forever
If you only knew just how much you to do to me with just one touch
You'll understand what I'm about to say...
I'm gonna love you like a river..
Chorus
Way that it flows, lose all control
(That's the way that it flows, make you lose all control, I just want you to know)
My love is like a river.
So wild and so free, so wide and so deep
(So wild and so free, so wide and so deep, I'm just hoping you see)
Verse 2
Just like the moon lights up the night sky
It should come as no surprise
Lady your heart is where I want to stay
You really wasn't a part of my plan
I was happy as a single man
But it seems as if fate has had its way all day
You came and turned my whole world around, I'm so happy 'bout this love I found
You make me smile, like I'm floating on a cloud
And because of you my life will never be the same
Girl I'm drawn like a moth to a flame
I pray that you understand what I'm about to say
Girl my love is like a river...
Chorus (same as above)
Bridge
(I'll love you)
So many different ways, you'll think you never
(Been Loved before)
I'm always gonna hold you down so you don't have to
(look no further),
Just let me be the one you need
I'm hoping you can clearly see, that my love flows just like a river
Chorus (same as above)
Like a river
My love flows like a river, yeah
Like a river
My love flows like a river
Like a river
My love flows like a river
Like a river