At the age of seven, Bebel made an appearance on her mother's first solo album Miúcha. At age nine, Bebel performed with her mother and jazz saxophonist Stan Getz at a jazz festival in New York's Carnegie Hall. Back in Brazil, Bebel performed and recorded for the soundtrack of the children's musical Os Saltimbancos, written by Sergio Bardotti and Chico Buarque. Later on Bebel joined an experimental theatrical group and was a member of the founding team of the performance space Circo Voador (Flying Circus) at Ipanema Beach. In this group she met singer/songwriter Cazuza, who became a close friend and soon a major rock star in Brazil during the 1980s.
Throughout the 1990s, Bebel collaborated with a variety of musical stars such as Arto Lindsay, Thievery Corporation, David Byrne, Towa Tei, Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque. In 1996 Bebel was featured in the AIDS charity project Red Hot + Rio, produced by her close friend and collaborator Béco Dranoff. By the mid 1990s, Bebel also had successes as songwriter with the international dance hits "Technova" and "Batucada" in collaboration with producers Towa Tei and Arto Lindsay.
Bebel was featured on the soundtrack of Brad Anderson's film Next Stop Wonderland with Vinicius Cantuária and Mauro Refosco. In the late 1990s, Bebel moved to London where she began to develop the sound featured on her critically acclaimed debut album Tanto Tempo. During this period, she met Suba, the multi-talented Serbian producer living in São Paulo who ended up writing and producing several tracks on Tanto Tempo. While in London, she also worked with DJ/producer Amon Tobin, Dutch duo Arling & Cameron and singer Nina Miranda.
In 2000, Bebel's Tanto Tempo album was released on Ziriguiboom (Crammed Discs sub-label) and has sold over one million copies worldwide. The album was also nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards. Her second album, Bebel Gilberto (2004), was also released to great critical acclaim, receiving a MOBO Award in the UK and also a World Music Grammy nomination.
Also in 2006, Bebel started writing and producing the songs that would become part of her third album Momento, released in April 2007. On this album, Bebel collaborated with UK producer Guy Sigsworth, her friends Didi Gutman and Sabina Sciubba (from NY based band Brazilian Girls) and the Rio based Orquestra Imperial.
Gilberto's most recent album, All In One, was released in the US in September 2009 by jazz imprint Verve.
Every Day You've Been Away
Bebel Gilberto Lyrics
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So you've been gone
And I am alone
I miss you so
I miss you
And if you knew what I've been through
I love you
Every moment
Every night away (from you)
Every day you've been away
Every day you've been away from me
So you've been gone
And I am alone
I love you so
I love you
And if you knew what I've been through
I miss you so
I miss you
Every moment
Every night away (from you)
Every day you've been away
Every day you've been away from me
From me...
The lyrics of Bebel Gilberto's "Every Day You've Been Away" reflect the pain of separation when a loved one is gone. The opening line "So you've been gone, And I am alone" sets the tone for the melancholic mood of the song. The singer is missing her lover terribly, and longs for his return, as conveyed in the refrain "Every moment, Every night away, Every day you've been away from me."
The lyrics also express the depth of the singer's love for her partner, as she confesses "And if you knew what I've been through, I love you so, I love you." The repetition of the word "love" emphasizes the intensity of her feelings, and the fact that she cannot contain her emotions.
Overall, the lyrics of "Every Day You've Been Away" are a poignant expression of the pain of separation and the longing for love and companionship.
Line by Line Meaning
So you've been gone
You have been away from me
And I am alone
I am by myself without you
I miss you so
I feel a strong longing for you
I miss you
I feel a strong longing for you (repeated)
And if you knew what I've been through
If you had awareness of my experiences
I love you so
I feel a strong affection towards you
I love you
I feel a strong affection towards you (repeated)
Every moment
All the time, every single instant
Every night away (from you)
Each night passed without you
Every day you've been away
Every day that you have been gone
Every day you've been away from me
Every day that you have been gone from my presence
From me...
Away from my proximity (the last line of the song)
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