Anita Meyer (born Annita Meijer in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 29 October… Read Full Bio ↴Anita Meyer (born Annita Meijer in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 29 October 1954) is a Dutch singer.

Even at a very young age she was already performing. Her first big hit came in 1976, when she released her début song The Alternative Way together with Hans Vermeulen. The record reaches the 1st place in the charts and also her next songs will become a huge success.

Slowly her success descents and she changes record label in 1980. There she gets a fresh new group of people to guide her and there her third single Why Tell Me Why (1981) dominates position 1 in the charts for weeks and it became the best sold record of that year in The Netherlands. This is the true beginning of a booming music career.

In 1983 she performs for the first time with Lee Towers. The record sales diminish slightly in the next period, but in 1986 she records the chart breaker Run To Me with Lee Towers. This will also be her last Top 10 hit in The Netherlands. Still, her albums and concert tickets sell very well. By the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s she performs several times in the completely sold out Ahoy' (a huge concert hall in the city of Rotterdam).

In 2005 she's back in the spotlights by appearing as a team captain in the tv show Het Gevoel Van. In May 2006 she's on stage at the big musical event of Musicals in Ahoy'. Later she will appear as Grizabella in the Dutch version of the musical Cats. Of the five actresses who play this part, she gets to play in the première.

In 2008 she does a series of guest performances for the Luchtmachtkapel in the concert series Hollywood In Concert. She did this together with Lee Towers.

The One That You Love
Anita Meyer Lyrics

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Now the night has gone
now the night has gone away
doesn't seem that long
we hardly had two words to say
hold me in your arms
for just another day
I promise this one will go slow
oh..

we have the right to know
we have the right to know

Don't say the mornings come
don't say the mornings come so soon
must we end this way
when so much here is hard to lose
love is everywhere
I know it is
such moments as this
are to few
oh..
it's all up to you
it's all up to you

Chorus:
Here I am
the one that you love
askin' for another day
understand the one that you love
loves you in so many ways

Tell me we can stay
tell me we can stay oh please...
they are the words to say
the only words I can believe
hold me in your arms
for just another day
I promise this one will go slow
oh..
we have the right to know
we have the right to know

Chorus: 2 *

The night has gone
a part of yesterday
I don't know what to say...
I don't know what to say...

Chorus.
...

Overall Meaning

In "The One That You Love," Anita Meyer sings about a precarious relationship that could end at any moment. The singer, who loves her partner deeply, begs for more time to be spent together, hoping that they could make the most of their remaining time. This is evident in lines like "hold me in your arms for just another day," and "tell me we can stay oh please...they are the words to say, the only words I can believe." The song is a plea to her partner to allow them to nurture their relationship further as she understands that love is all around them, but these intimate moments are rare and far between. The chorus emphasizes the urgency of her request, asking her partner to understand that she loves them in so many ways and that they should take advantage of the time that they have.

The lyrics of "The One That You Love" are profound and emotional, demonstrating the depth of the singer's love and their desperation to keep their relationship alive. She acknowledges the fleeting nature of time and recognizes that every moment is precious, and they need to make the most of it. She urges her partner to give them another chance and to hold them in their arms for "just another day," as they have the right to know what could have been. In the end, she realizes that the night has gone, and everything they had is now part of yesterday, and she doesn't know what to say.

Line by Line Meaning

Now the night has gone
The night is over.

now the night has gone away
The night has ended.

doesn't seem that long
It feels like it wasn't a long time.

we hardly had two words to say
We didn't speak much.

hold me in your arms
Please hug me.

for just another day
Just today, please.

I promise this one will go slow
Today will feel like it lasts longer.

we have the right to know
We deserve to understand.

Don't say the mornings come
Don't acknowledge that morning has arrived yet.

don't say the mornings come so soon
Don't mention how quickly morning came.

must we end this way
Do we have to part like this?