Friday, March 15, 2019

"Love Is on the Run"

When I listened to Sur la mer, I noticed only one thing about "Love Is on the Run," but in looking at the song again in order to write this post, I noticed something else.

The "on" in the lines "With out your love / I can't go on" (that's how they're formatted in the liner notes) is sung with a melisma (B C B A, I think).  Although negated, there's a sense of continuation because the word is drawn out.

In looking at the song again, I discovered a small point about this section:
Just because its raining here
It doesn't mean the sun isn't shining
Somewhere else for someone
You have loved
But who's not near you anymore
(Again, I followed the formatting of the liner notes, including the erroneous "its" in place of it's.  Later, the reverse error appears: "When your dream has lost it's cause.")

Like "I can't go on," the "-more" of "anymore" is sung with a melisma (A G E), so while this is also negated ("not... anymore"), there's a musical sense of duration.