101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening sym… Read Full Bio ↴101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding a hundred albums and a creative lifetime of roughly thirty years. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan "The Sound of Magnificence", a puffy cloud logo and sepia-toned photo of the orchestra. According to the photograph, the 101 Strings orchestra was composed of 124 string instruments (all male except for the harpist) and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan. The orchestra's famous official photograph was taken in the Musikhalle Hamburg. In reality, of course, the recordings also featured a full brass, woodwind and percussion section, and not quite as many strings as are shown in the photograph. In later years (right up to the 80's), the recordings were made by a session orchestra in London, with a line-up including a modern "pop" rhythm section. In the late 1990's, the 101 Strings Orchestra was revived with "The New 101 Strings Orchestra" for a series of modern recordings.

Easy to Love
101 Strings Orchestra Lyrics

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I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time
In thinking such a thing could be
That you could ever care for me
I'm sure you hate to hear
That I adore you, dear
But grant me

Just the same

I'm not entirely to blame
For love
You'd be so easy to love
So easy to idolize
All others above
So worth the yearning for
So swell to keep every home fire burning for

We'd be so grand at the game
So carefree together
That it does seem a shame
That you can't see

Your future with me
Cause you'd be oh, so easy to love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Easy to Love by 101 Strings Orchestra express the feelings of unrequited love. The singer laments that he knows he is wasting his time in hoping for the person he loves to reciprocate his feelings. He acknowledges that it's unlikely that the object of his affection will ever care for him in the same way. The singer expresses that he understands that the person he loves might not want to hear that he adores them, but he still holds onto his feelings for them. He feels that he is not entirely to blame for falling in love but recognizes that the other person might not feel the same, even though they would be so easy to love.

The words "easy to love" suggest that the person is lovable, kind, and charming, and the singer finds them worth the yearning for. In the last verse, the singer imagines a perfect life with the person he loves, where they are carefree and happy together, and wishes that the person he loves could see a future with him.

Overall, the lyrics of "Easy to Love" are poignant and portray the feelings of unrequited love and longing for someone who is charming and easy to love, even if they don't feel the same way.

Line by Line Meaning

I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time
I am aware that I am wasting my time by hoping that you could ever love me.

In thinking such a thing could be
By entertaining the thought that you could ever care for me.

That you could ever care for me
The possibility of you ever caring for me is quite unlikely.

I'm sure you hate to hear
I am certain that you do not want to hear.

That I adore you, dear
I hold you in high regard, my dear.

But grant me
Please allow me to express myself.

Just the same
Regardless of your disdain for my feelings.

I'm not entirely to blame
I should not be solely held responsible for my emotions.

For love
It is due to the nature of love.

You'd be so easy to love
You possess qualities that make it easy to love you.

So easy to idolize
You could so effortlessly be worshiped.