His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship and the Kennedy Center Honor.
He currently owns six London theatres, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium.
Aspects of love: Love changes everything
Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics
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Hands and faces, earth and sky
Love, love changes everything
How you live and how you die
Love, can make the summer fly
Or a night seem like a lifetime
Yes love, love changes everything
Now I tremble at your name
Love, love changes everything
Days are longer, words mean more
Love, love changes everything
Pain is deeper than before
Love will turn your world around
And that world will last forever
Yes love, love changes everything
Brings you glory, brings you shame
Nothing in the world will ever be the same
Off into the world we go
Planning futures, shaping years
Love (comes in) and suddenly all our wisdom disappears
Love makes fools of everyone
All the rules we made are broken
Yes love, love changes everyone
Live or perish in its flame
Love will never never let you be the same
Love will never never let you be the same
The song Love Changes Everything by Andrew Lloyd Webber is a reflection on the transformative nature of love. In its essence, the song describes how love has the power to change everything in our lives, from our perspectives to our actions, and even to our very identity. In the first verse, Webber sings about the physical transformations that love brings. When in love, our hands and faces become a reflection of the world around us. The intensity of our emotions is such that everything around us seems new and different. The second verse speaks about the emotional impact of love. It highlights how love changes our perception of time and how every small gesture or word of love becomes extremely meaningful. It also speaks about the pain that comes with love, where the hurt cuts deeper than before.
Line by Line Meaning
Love, love changes everything
Love has the power to transform everything it touches
Hands and faces, earth and sky
Love can be felt everywhere - in the hands we touch, the faces we see, and the world around us
Love, can make the summer fly
Love has a way of speeding up time, making the joyful moments seem fleeting
Or a night seem like a lifetime
On the other hand, love can also make time stand still, making a single moment feel endless
Now I tremble at your name
Love can be both exciting and terrifying - it has the power to make us feel vulnerable and exposed
Nothing in the world will ever be the same
Once you experience love, your life will never be the same - it changes you forever
Days are longer, words mean more
Love has a way of making ordinary days feel special and turning ordinary words into declarations of love
Pain is deeper than before
When we love deeply, we can also feel pain deeply, because the stakes are higher
Love will turn your world around
Love has the power to completely transform your life and your perspective
And that world will last forever
Love creates a world that is timeless and eternal
Brings you glory, brings you shame
Love is a complex emotion that can bring both happiness and pain, success and failure
Off into the world we go
As we go out into the world, we have big plans and dreams for our future
Love (comes in) and suddenly all our wisdom disappears
Despite all our plans and knowledge, love has a way of making us feel completely foolish and disoriented
Love makes fools of everyone
Love has the power to humble even the most intelligent and rational people
All the rules we made are broken
When love enters our lives, it can disrupt our carefully crafted plans and beliefs
Live or perish in its flame
Love can be intense and all-consuming - it has the power to both give life and destroy it
Love will never never let you be the same
Once you experience love, it becomes a part of who you are - you can never go back to who you were before
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Charles Hart, Don Black
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@phantomtheorist3388
Ok SO APPARENTLY, this was supposed to be a Raoul solo song, but was added to Aspects of Love instead? Michael played Raoul in ‘87 in Phantom before he played Alex. The guy who revised the lyrics for All I Ask of You and went on to work on the rest of Phantom, Charles Hart also worked on Love Changes Everything and Aspects of Love. I don’t know it if true, but there are some interest parallels.
Something cute is that you can literally find a video of Michael and Sierra singing Love Changes Everything on YouTube. Raoul and Christine singing it together 😂
Tbh, this does feel like what a Raoul song would be. And it always did feel off that Raoul never had a solo since he was the protagonist of the book and regardless one of the main characters.
The the transitions are so good so I can see it being hard to figure out where you’d even put a Raoul solo. But I kinda have a bit of an idea. If they were to have a Raoul solo I think the perfect placement would be after Notes II.
Raoul runs off stage after Christine, everyone else leaves. Raoul runs back on stage as if he’s been looking for Christine but couldn’t find her. The sett is slightly different now, maybe just a chair sitting there. He sits and is exhausted and distraught for a moment. Then he starts to sing! At the end he is ready to go looking for Christine again, and then another person comes on stage. Maybe a chorus member. Perhaps they act shaken, to later suggest Raoul’s solo overlapped with the Don Juan rehearsal. Raoul asks them about Christine, and as a call back to the novel, they pass him a note from Christine addressed to him. It asks him to meet her at the graveyard to see her father. Then he leaves, stage goes black, and we go right into the Don Juan rehearsal and it’s all the same from then on, except perhaps we see her handing that person a note before she puts her cloak on and the violin starts.
It wouldn’t mess up any transitions, it would fit perfectly as an arc moment for Raoul, and flow well with the rest of the show. So while normally I really hate the idea of changing the iconic original production, I do love the idea of Raoul having a solo.
So it would be cool if at least certain productions had one. Whether this song or not.
@sunnysidesofblue
Since someone asked, the other artists joining Michael on stage are, in order of appearance:
Ray Shell
(I don't know the names of the three chorus girls behind him)
Bonnie Tyler
Dennis O’Neill?
Tina Arena
Donny Osmond
Elaine Paige
Antonio Banderas
Boyzone
Glenn Close
Marcus Lovett
Sarah Brightman
Julian Lloyd Webber
@TheShowsMustGoOn
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@genevricella
This song was sung to my wife and me at our wedding reception by a friend who was a Broadway actor/singer. Brings back memories of that amazing day > 30 years ago when I married the love of my life. ❤️
@tamiaugenlaw
I walked down the aisle at my wedding to the string instrumental of this song!
@jlriedi
Find someone who looks at you the way Glenn Close looks at Michael during his last note... life goals <3
@GlasgowGallerina
So true - or for fun, find someone who winks at you like Ronan winks at Michael 2:20! 😉💜
@jucavinanli
Find someone who can sing, & looks as gorgeous as Michael
@sunny70299
His voice literally stops Antonio Banderas in his tracks, you can see him turn around as if asking the person behind him wtf? lol
@charmainehuculak1950
I have!
@chrislavin9581
Absolutely
@louiselydon9926
This man ,each time I hear him, helps me believe in staying upon my heart "to love" me through my days!