Story Behind The Song
Obviously we all have ups and downs in our relationships -- This song is not that personal although I was looking back and thinking about how the "love" in my life with my wife has gradually redefined itself -
This is really intended as a classic LOVE SO
Song Description
The underlying original title of How Do You Want Me refers to the act of redefining our love within a relationship back closer to its original starting point.... you remember? kinda like when you would do ANYTHING for the other person? - Versus where rela
| Song Length |
4:26 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Peaceful |
Subject |
Recovery, Loving Marriage |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
THE RIVER (HOW DO YOU WANT ME) (c) 2007
(1st Verse)
Funny how it seems we've lost touch with the days of our youth
as the moments when our waking dreams drift off like luminary seams of currents
On the misty morning river
(PreChorus)
And strange as it seems I forgot how much I love you
A fading light that no longer shines upon my life
(2nd Verse)
Now somehow I just realized no longer can I recognize the faces from the days of our youth, and
Amazingly it seems how when reached our lifelong dreams it slipped away just as the autumn turns to winter
And strange as it seems I forgot how much I love you
A fading light that no longer shines upon my life So tell me..
(Chorus)
how do you want me to love you again
Because now somehow we've lost our way
And I will follow your lead with my pledge to you
So tell me how do you want me to be
(Chorus Refrain)
And I will follow your lead with my pledge to you
So tell me how do you want me to be
(3d Verse)
Now we've come all the way back again to the places we first met as friends in the soft glow of the days of our youth
And I can feel the clutch of your embrace before I'm falling swept away on the raging waves of a muddy white capped river
And strange as it seems I forgot how much I love you
your graceful light shines on the path back to your heart
So tell me...
how do you want me to love you again
. because now somehow we've found our way
And I will follow your lead with my pledge to you
So tell me how do you want me to be
(Outtro - chorus refrain)
And I will follow your lead with my pledge to you
So tell me how do you want me to be