Song of True Love...

Someday, I wanna sing this song to my future girlfriend/wife, playing the guitar and looking straight into her eyes... (don't miss my interpretation of the song's lyrics below, you might like it!)

Every time I listen to this song, I admire the lyrics, so magical and true every line is. Three people wrote this song, more details here - Have you ever really loved a woman

The song was no.1 on Bill Board Hot 100 for 5 weeks and was nominated for Oscar, Grammy, etc more details here - Awards. I feel this song is lyrically perfect!! Just amazing way of expressing the true way of loving a woman.

Copyright of music, video and lyrics: Bryan Adams @ www.bryanadams.com

Lyrics:

To really love a woman 
To understand her - you gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought - see every dream 
N' give her wings - when she wants to fly 
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
You know ya really love a woman 

When you love a woman you tell her
that she's really wanted 
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one 
Cuz she needs somebody to tell her
that it's gonna last forever 
So tell me have you ever really 
- really really ever loved a woman? 

To really love a woman 
Let her hold you - 
til you know how she needs to be touched 
You've gotta breathe her - really taste her 
Til you can feel her in your blood 
N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes 
You know ya really love a woman 

When you love a woman...(Repeat) 

You got to give her some faith - hold her tight
A little tenderness - gotta treat her right 
She will be there for you, takin' good care of you 
You really gotta love your woman...

Just tell me have you ever really, 
really, really, ever loved a woman? (Repeat)

I sang this song, 'have you ever.....' twice when I met friends - at a birthday party and at a get together. But I could never get enough out of the lyrics even till today. In my opinion - Every man should listen to this song and love the woman in his life the way described and even more!!

The title itself is a question, "Have you ever really loved a woman?". Answer yes or no!! And if yes, then how did you love her? did you love her sufficiently enough? did you love her with all your heart, with all your soul, breathe, blood and bones? I wish I could write a poem with such true feelings.

My interpretation/review of the lyrics:

The song starts telling us that to actually love and understand a woman, you need to know her deep inside, to hear every thought she has hidden safely at the bottom of her heart since her childhood, see every dream of hers by looking into her inner soul and then give her wings when she wants to fly - provide her everything that she wants, fulfil all her wishes, take her to wherever she wishes to go, treat her with everything she wishes to have and after doing all of that if you find yourself lying helpless in her arms, that is like a total self surrender, like at her mercy - then you know that you really love your woman.

When you love a woman, then tell her that she is really wanted, be bold, just open up your feelings with her, don't be shy, cause shes anyway gonna be shy, so you should take the lead, just let her know how important she is to you, how much she means to you, that she is your whole world. And tell her the truth that she is the one for you, that she is special and unique - that only she can make you complete and there is no other soul in the world who can make you feel not even one percent of how happy she makes you feel. Because she needs somebody to tell her that your bond or relationship will last forever and nothing or nobody can ever take you apart. Then comes the question again - tell me have you ever really really ever loved a woman?

Now in the next stanza, you are told the answer on how to really love a woman. Let her hold you and try to understand how she needs to be touched, that means you gotta handle her with a lot of care, like how you handle a new born(just bloomed) flower, so gently, so carefully, not to bruise her cheeks, deal tenderly with her. You gotta breathe her, yes breathe the air from her lungs to know the scent of her breathe, feel the warmth in the air she breathes out and really taste her kiss, to know the taste of her saliva till you can actually feel her in your blood, feel her flowing in your veins, feel her presence in every cell of your blood, flesh and being.

And now comes my most favourite line of the whole song, "And when you can see your unborn children in her eyes" - that's exactly when you know that you really love a woman. I can't comment much on this line yet cause I am still waiting for the day when I can fall in love with the girl of my dreams and I am sure it'd be a wonderful feeling to be able to see my unborn children in her eyes, it'd be so magical. It only shows the depth of love - that love is deeper than an ocean and higher than the sky - the intensity with which you love can make you feel such deep feelings.

Then the next stanza says that you gotta give her some faith, you need to assure her, promise her that you would do anything and everything for her - she will then have confidence in you, will believe in you, will trust you - so never let her down - not even once in life no matter what happens. And then hold her tight - show her that you protect her and your arms keep her safe - immediately the next line says, 'a little tenderness' - so understand that you need to hold her tight but at the same time don't suffocate her with too much possessiveness or a kinda obsession - give her freedom, let her fly like a free bird and not a caged one - let her have the space she needs - be considerate towards her - that's how you give her little tenderness - allowing her to be her own natural self with you.

And when you do all that for her - don't you think she'll respond back? Of course she does, that's what the next line says - she will be there for you too just like you are for her and she will take good care of you too!! 

The song ends with repeated questioning - have you ever really really loved a woman? If you did then continue loving her the same, but if you didn't then learn now and start really loving her cause every woman deserves to be loved truly by her man.

Treasure her trust, genuinely care for her, be dedicated, devoted and worship her - but then again be her best friend who gives her freedom to be just her own self. Now there is a big difference between being devoted/dedicated to being possessive/obsessed - allowing her to do what she wishes to do, letting her be what she wanna be and never insisting on anything, never complaining on anything - that is what is required and when you do that she'd give you the same freedom too, she would not insist or complain on what you wish to do.

I do have a certain level of understanding about love because I've been writing a book on love - its more than 2 years since I started writing it, already half way through it I think, wrote lotsa pages but it reduces when edited - the book is on how it is like to truly love a girl. Even if no publisher comes forward, someday when I am financially capable, I will publish the book myself and will gift free copies to all my dear friends and family - you will then see, feel and understand love through the eyes of my heart.

Well, coming back to the song, it makes you understand that love is something more than just living together and sharing physical and emotional self with one another - but love is more than that, its divine, its spiritual and it liberates you from your self when wishes, dreams and needs of another person become more important to you than your own.

Someday am gonna sing this song for the woman of my life with the guitar, may be on our wedding day, but I wish I can write an even better song of my own for her and sing that too!! :)

Hope you liked my interpretation of the song lyrics, have a lovely day, Cheers!! :)