Love Is Like a Violin
Ken Dodd Lyrics
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With its strings around your heart
Soft and sweet as dreams begin
Sadly crying when you part
Make my heart your violin
Play it now and tell me this
In the music of a kiss
Let me hear you say, "I love you"
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
Make my heart your violin
Play it now and tell me this
In the music of a kiss
Let me hear you say, "I love you"
Ken Dodd's song "Love Is Like a Violin" uses the analogy of a violin to describe the experience of falling in love. The first verse compares love to a violin, with its strings wrapped around the heart. The second line further explains, describing love as soft and sweet, like the sound of a violin playing a dreamy melody. However, the chorus reveals the melancholy side of love: after a breakup, the violin's strings cry out in sadness, much like a heartbroken lover.
The second verse reveals the singer's desire to have their beloved play their heart like a violin, using a kiss as the bows to create music that expresses their love. The imagery of making one's heart a violin is a poetic way to express the desire to be completely vulnerable and open to another person.
Overall, the song is a touching ode to the beauty and pain of love. Love is beautiful and sweet when it is present, but just like a violin, it can cause great sorrow when it is gone.
Line by Line Meaning
Love is like a violin
Love is a complex and delicate thing, much like playing an instrument.
With its strings around your heart
Love can wrap itself around your heart and hold you captive, like the strings of a violin.
Soft and sweet as dreams begin
Love can start off gentle and innocent, like the beginning of a dream.
Sadly crying when you part
Love can make you feel sad and lost when it's over, like a violin crying out in loneliness.
Make my heart your violin
Let me be vulnerable and open to your love as if I were a violin in your hands.
Play it now and tell me this
Show me your love through music, tell me how you feel using the power of a violin's sound.
In the music of a kiss
Express your love through the intimacy of a kiss.
Let me hear you say, "I love you"
Assure me of your love verbally, say the words "I love you".
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Jean Auguste Jules Richepin, James B. Kennedy
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Love Is Like A Violin - Ken Dodd
Lyrics:
Love is like a violin
With its strings around your heart
Soft and sweet as dreams begin
Sadly crying when you part
Make my heart your violin
Play it now and tell me this
In the music of a kiss
Let me hear you say
I love you... x2
I love this song so much! It makes me feel overjoyed like a beautiful dream. I will always remember it.
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@connor828
Discovered this just the other night.I never realised Ken was even a singer but I just love this song! I love the kind of trippy,dream-like 1950's sound it has...
@andiebrown262
Yeah, it has a charm to it
@user-gq6nx4ds4s
I had this song played for my wife Clare when she passed she play this song so often.She just love it so much.Thank you Ken for bringing so joy to the world ,rest in peace 😢❤
@lesleyscott938
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@NARCISSISTMAGAZINE
i came here after hearing it in cruella and i knew i had to find it
@Zanderfist
This played at my grandad's funeral. Very bittersweet listening to it now. Miss you, grandad <3
@elainerowe3435
My Dad used to sing this to me when I was a little girl many moons ago... Always puts a huge lump in my throat... R.I.P Pop. Love and miss you so much X.X.X.
@rodrigopaladisan5555
I love it. I tried to find this song when I heard this in the movie Cruella
@JIM38946
My big retreat is never having seen sir Ken dodd live as a 50 year old I loved his shows he was so talented & cleaver , it's suprising how much we miss him, it's another lost link to departed parents & childhood
@fredneedle123
My dad loved Ken Dodd and had a few of his albums. Happiness was one oh hid favourites and of course tears. Dad has been gone over 30 years now but we still have his record collection and his Ken Dodd albums. X