HIVE OPEN MIC 144 / Love Song Cover

Hellooooo, Music Hivers. Especially to the amazing Hive Open Mic Community!
Another week, another chance for me to learn a song on my guitar, and for that I'd like to thank @lyon-89, who brilliantly chose 'Melodic Dose' as the theme for this week.

Sara Bareilles' 'Love Song,' released in 2007, reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent more than 40 weeks on the list. She was nominated for two Grammys for it: song of the year and best female pop performance. It was really great of her to have written such an excellent song!

I also find the song empowering as it portrays independence and progress by showing how someone loves and enjoys her own music and will not alter it for anyone. Apart from the beautiful upbeat tunes and its suitability for a beginning guitarist like me, this is why I chose this song.

Song: Love Song
By: Sara Bareilles
Lyrics Source: [here] https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sarabareilles/lovesong.html

Lyrics

Head under water
And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder, even I know that
Made room for me
It's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to

Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well, but you make this hard on me

I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving
I'mma need a better reason
To write you a love song today, today

I learned the hard way
That they all say things you wanna hear
And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you and your twisted words,
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry

Convinced me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am

I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving
I'mma need a better reason
To write you a love song today

Promise me, you'll leave the light on
To help me see with daylight my guide gone
'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me
Because I say

I won't write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this

Is that why you wanted a love song?
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want it for a minute
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas
When I believe that there's a reason
To write you a love song today, today

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Thank YOU for being here.

♥️
chichi18

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