Little thing called Love
A small simple acoustic number. . . Set up is simple: a bloke sends a text to his love, but she doesn't respond. Personally, I think a LOL would have done, but hey ho, I'm bad at texting. Song uses the word "love" 93 times (or thereabouts)… No time to make a proper video, so quite a generic offering… sorry! Any feedback gratefully received!
Lyricisation
Is it time time time
For a little thing called love?
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I sent the text to you last night
Three little words
Burning bright
Heart back from the lost and found
Beating from the old rebound
Did I say too much
Its just a little thing called love
Waiting for the sparks to light
Watch the fireworks burning bright
I think I find it quite absurd
You told me not to say the words
Waiting for the message
Like a sign from above
Will I be enough?
For a little thing called love
This little thing called love
……………..
I check for messages
are you there?
I think I might have overshared
Felt my old heart breaking free
Perhaps I ought to wait and see
Feels like time is running slow
Wonder how its going to go
Waiting for your message
Waiting for a sign from above
Can I be enough?
For this little thing called love
The sands of time
trickle slowly down
The clock ticks slowly 
waiting for the phone to sound
Today could be the day
Three little words are all I’ve got to say
Cos its time time time
time time time
For a little thing called love
Will I be enough?
For a little thing called love
…. slightly revised version with less orchestra is now live…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIapBVjDKqM
Great melody and feel to this.
Great song. I’ve listened to both versions and – being a bit minimalist – I assumed I’d like the stripped back version, but in fact I prefer the ‘full fat’ version which has a richer feel. Either way, the lyrics are great. Cheers.
That’s a great song Ian. I’m with Phil on this and prefer the full fat (to coin his phrase) version, but either way really enjoyed it (them)
Ian… I love the shift into the chorus, it’s really effective. It tugs the heartstrings. I also like the orchestration. I think it’s my new favorite of yours. great job!!
Thanks, James, Phil, Huw and Julie for your very kind comments… I haven’t listened to the full fat (®Phil Godsell) version for a few days now… I’m now 50/50 on which one I prefer… the orchestral version does feature a particularly grim duff bass note which I’m not proud of :(… The structure was interesting to put together – played it out on Monday and tightened this up a bit, less repetition. If anyone asks “who’s that by?” then thats normally a good sign, and a couple of people did come up afterwards to ask.
quality! I love the story of it
Thanks, Kris…. I write lyrics very, very slowly, so these a bit rushed and not quite right. Maybe I’ll go back to it sometime?
I really like the concept of this, a declaration of love and eternal waiting, second guessing the response. Lovely production as always.
Thanks Rebecca – I started with the idea that the song would just be about the 10 minutes after a declaration of love, but I lost that theme the more I played with it. Thank you for the kind words.
I listened to both versions and prefer the orchestral version. I find it’s lots of fun (and frustration) putting things together like this in a DAW.
There are some really sweet chord changes in your song, Ian. I haven’t listened to the other version yet so I’ll look forward to seeing how I think it compares.
This love theme has clearly struck a chord with you Ian….a lovely song both musically and lyrically. Gets my vote!