Your Love Is My Turning Page
Saturday, January 7, 2012 by Leia / Rome
It's been a while since I made a post about a song I liked. The last one was about Madonna's Take A Bow. While I do have plans to feature music that I rave about on my still-in-production review blog, I couldn't resist writing a post about this one. The song is so compellingly beautiful that you find yourself wishing you're the one for whom it is being dedicated to. Well, at least, I knew I did.
Turning Page by Sleeping At Last is included in the original motion picture soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. While it wasn't launched with the same fanfare as It Will Rain by Bruno Mars or A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, the song became memorable because of a particular scene in the movie (which I'm not telling for spoiler reasons). It was short when I heard it for the first time (typical for a song used in a scene) but it was perhaps one of the most notable tracks among the movies I watched last year. The song catches you with its arrangement: the piano sounds achingly wonderful and the lyrics reads like an ode to true love.
About a month ago, Sleeping At Last shared a live performance of the song. Like fine wine, it just got better. Here's a video of the live performance and the full lyrics below. Hope you enjoy it. Happy weekend!
Turning Page by Sleeping At Last is included in the original motion picture soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. While it wasn't launched with the same fanfare as It Will Rain by Bruno Mars or A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, the song became memorable because of a particular scene in the movie (which I'm not telling for spoiler reasons). It was short when I heard it for the first time (typical for a song used in a scene) but it was perhaps one of the most notable tracks among the movies I watched last year. The song catches you with its arrangement: the piano sounds achingly wonderful and the lyrics reads like an ode to true love.
About a month ago, Sleeping At Last shared a live performance of the song. Like fine wine, it just got better. Here's a video of the live performance and the full lyrics below. Hope you enjoy it. Happy weekend!
Turning Page by Sleeping At Last
I've waited a hundred years
But I'd wait a million more for you
Nothing prepared me for the privilege of being yours would do
If I had only felt the warmth within your touch
If I had only seen how you smile when you blush
Or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough
I would have known what I was living for all along
What I've been living for
Your love is my turning page
Only the sweetest words remain
Every kiss is a cursive line
Every touch is a redefining phrase
I surrender who I've been for who you are
For nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart
If I had only felt how it feels to be yours
Well, I would have known what I've been living for all along
What I've been living for
Though we're tethered to the story we must tell
When I saw you
Well, I knew we'd tell it well
With a whisper, we will tame the vicious seas
Like a feather bringing kingdoms to their knees
But I'd wait a million more for you
Nothing prepared me for the privilege of being yours would do
If I had only felt the warmth within your touch
If I had only seen how you smile when you blush
Or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough
I would have known what I was living for all along
What I've been living for
Your love is my turning page
Only the sweetest words remain
Every kiss is a cursive line
Every touch is a redefining phrase
I surrender who I've been for who you are
For nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart
If I had only felt how it feels to be yours
Well, I would have known what I've been living for all along
What I've been living for
Though we're tethered to the story we must tell
When I saw you
Well, I knew we'd tell it well
With a whisper, we will tame the vicious seas
Like a feather bringing kingdoms to their knees
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