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Say You Love Me

from One Of A Million Butterflies by Retro Temple

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This track is written in the style of The Smiths. I wrote it for a short-lived band I was in that had a fantastic singer who sounded like Morrisey. Although it doesn't sound so much like The Smiths with me singing it, when I demoed it to the guy he went through it phrase by phrase and told me how it mirrored "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out". So, my work here is complete. It doesn't *sound* like "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" but it is very much in that style.

The lyrics have no particular meaning, they just tumbled out to fulfil the demo of the song. I half expected him to write his own lyrics but the band folded.

lyrics

Say You Love Me
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I've been waiting for a thousand years
It's so long it's so long it's so long
With a million tears,
And I've patience enough for both of us
But I don't think that it's enough
I'm waiting, I'm waiting,
I'm waiting I'm waiting here

Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Oh, my dear,
Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Oh, my dear,
My dear

I’ve been searching for a thousand years
It's so long it's so long it's so long
Since the path was clear
My eye is on the hour-glass
I don’t think that we can last
I'm waiting, I'm waiting,
I'm waiting I'm waiting here

Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Oh, my dear,
Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Say you love me,
Oh, my dear,
My dear

credits

from One Of A Million Butterflies, released December 3, 2023
Written, performed, mixed, and produced by Michael Amos.
Backing vocals by Annie Kingsbury.

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The KIVA Band Oxford, UK

The KIVA Band are a British recording indie/folk band based in Oxfordshire.

They write original material that draws on traditions as diverse as folk, pop, indie-rock, and classical music. Their songs twist and turn in unexpected directions yet always keep melody at their heart. Their words explore life and love, by turns funny, sad, lost, and found. ... more

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