Monday, April 25, 2022

"I Knew I'd Want You"

This morning, I figured out the chords for "I Knew I'd Want You," and while doing so, I noticed an ambiguity in the lyrics.  The first two lines of the second verse could understood as "I'd like to hold you / If you want me to [hold you]" or as "I'd like to hold you / If you want me too," with "you want me too" reciprocating "I'd want you" in the title line at the end of the previous verse.

Saturday, April 23, 2022

"You Won't Have to Cry"

This morning, I figured out the chords for "You Won't Have to Cry" and noticed an interesting feature of the structure.  For almost all of the song, each chord lasts at least one measure (the chord at the end of each verse lasts two measures).  Aside from the introduction, the one exception to this is in the bridge.  Underneath the words "many, many" in the line "Because he told you so many, many lies," the chords last for only half a measure.  In other words, there are more chords per measure here than in any other part of the song (again, excepting the introduction), and this higher concentration of chords mirrors the abundance of those "many, many lies."

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"

Last night, I figured out the chords for "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better," and while doing so, I found a small feature to note:  the "-more" of "anymore" in the lines "And I'm not gonna play / Your games anymore" is sung with a melisma (B C# B A), so while it's negated, there's a sense of continuation.