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In 1998 I discovered this piece (melody and lyrics) in an old notebook. It must have been written about my first love, who had graduated a few years before me. Fifteen years later I would look for him in Texas – only to find him happily married with two kids.
This song is probably my very first song.* The verse is so innocent and idealistic. The melody is so simple. There is no dramatic form. It just repeats itself without reaching a climax.
Apparently I had used some kind of modal scale (mixolydian on D). So I tried to expound on it in the accompaniment.
* Note: 24 June 2000
This was not my first piece.
My first piece was A Carefree Melody - composed when I was 14.
And This is Love |
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| 1. | And
this is love Two souls that freely meet And have no need to prove anything (at all, at all) |
| 2. | And
this is hope I wait and wish for you And someday we’ll be together (again, again) |
| 3. | And
this is joy The things I share with you And all the moments that I cherished (so long, so long) |
| 4. | And
this is trust I always believe in you And never doubt your honesty (oh yeah, oh yeah.) |
| 5. | And
this is love The magic that binds the two of us And it will last forever (indeed, indeed) |