Sketches for this song started back in 2006 with a tune called Il n’y a aucun besoin that I wrote about a panda. In 2019, I cannibalized the chorus to create Lover Cover Me, a song about how love evolves over time.
The model for this song is Eric Clapton, who I was fortunate enough to see live in New York City in the late 90s. That concert still moves me today. Clapton is a great teacher of any aspiring songwriter, and I hope you hear what I’ve learned from him in this song.
Lyrics
We were young, so young and free Unblemished in eternal sun Full of hope and promises And certain of what we'd begun But winds of time would shake the bough We're older now What's done can never be undone Recall when things were whole And the Earth was one Love Lover cover me Oh lover cover me Love Lover cover me Oh lover cover me As life flowed in we stemmed its tide And clung to what we thought was true But truth evolves and people change Apologies get overdue So we dig in a thousand ways A thousand days And make it harder to renew But somehow I'm still me And you are still you Love Lover cover me Oh lover cover me Love Lover cover me Oh lover cover me Can we bring it back? That world inside tomorrow That passion burning in our eyes Have we lost that track? The one that winds from sorrow The one that leads to summer skies So I'm fine. How bout you? With all we've been through. The bank's immune to any run. So let us purge our debt. And redeem our fun. Love Lover cover me Oh lover cover me Love Lover cover me Oh lover cover me