I have never

The first thing that can be said about this song is that it is a blues song. Now, that is not very difficult to figure out when you listen to it - yup, it is a blues song. What makes this one special is the wonderful performance by Gabriel, who is playing the role of Cathy on this album.

It is a standard 12 bar blues with the standard 12 bar blues chord progression, and as a standard, somebody feeling sad and blue. And like most blues songs, it is a standard AAAA song form.

There is a saying in the musical writing world that goes round, that you must never make your character sound sorry for herself, but if you absolutely have to, make it a blues song.

This song can be classified as a love song. Cathy is singing about her love for Hugo. She is however not talking to Hugo. She is talking to Melissa. Woman to woman, she is talking about her deepest feelings.

Track: I have never

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Album: The Exile, concept album recording

Artist: Eric Swardt

(1)

I have never loved another man

so much that my soul trembles with pain

I have never loved another man

with all of my bones, body and soul

and never has any other man

made me loose so much control

(2)

For many long years he was alone

with no woman, family or home

For all these long years years I gave him a home

and for all those long years he belonged to me alone

but all that time I dreaded this day

when he would turn back home again

(3)

I found this man afraid and alone

when he came to take on the world

I found him when he was just alone

I loved him without complaint

and all that time I hoped

that he would love me in return

(4)

I was just an innocent girl

looking for love from a man

I was just a young and innocent girl

when I stumbled upon this lovely man

I was looking a friend I could trust

in this cruel and foreign world

(5)

I have never loved another man

so much that my soul trembles with pain

I have never loved another man

with all of my bones, body and soul

and never has any other man

made me loose so much control