Chris Christian began his professional music career as a performer in Nashv… Read Full Bio ↴Chris Christian began his professional music career as a performer in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1974. Through the years, he has been a performer, songwriter, publishing company executive, recording engineer, record producer, record label executive, and, ultimately, the founder and chief executive officer of his own music production and publishing companies, Home Sweet Home Records, YMC Records, and LCS Music Group, Inc. as well as the largest Motion Picture Soundstage in the South, The STUDIOS AT LAS COLINAS. With Ross Perot Jr., he purchased the remaining land in the Dallas Communications Complex eventually selling all but 5 acres to MCI, Fox Sports Southwest, and Trammel Crow. Chris sold the STUDIOS in 1993 and teamed up with RadioShack, Sirius, and Dish Network to form World Digital Media Group LLC (WDMG). He was CEO of WDMG from its inception until 1997. His current music Companies have sold music and designed web portals for other companies such as Blockbuster, RadioShack, Starbucks, and 7-Eleven and many more. In 2009 he became one of the owners of the WNBA professional Women’s basketball team in Tulsa, the "Tulsa Shock".
Currently Chris oversees companies that are involved in various initiatives such as TV and Music production, music distribution, gas production in the Barnet Shale, real estate, download internet programs for National Retail Chains, as well as other investments.

His 30 years in the music industry have led albums that have received nine Grammy Award nominations as a music producer, artist and publisher, winning four Grammys. He has also been nominated for seven Gospel Music Association Dove Awards as a Artist, music producer, publisher and songwriter, winning five Doves. Chris is also responsible for starting the career of Amy Grant, and has produced over 100 albums that have sold in excess of 10 million copies.

I Want You I Need You
Chris Christian Lyrics

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It's a long, long way
From Heaven to heartache
That's a trip I never
Wanted to make

Since I've been gone
It just hasn't been the same
I'm afraid I've finally learned

How a heart can break

[CHORUS]
I want you, I need you
I'll always be with you
I found out the hard way
I can't do without you
I'll always be with you

I've been walking on the
Wrong side of the highway
Waking up on the
Wrong side of town

I could never find
Under any neon sign
Anyone that I love
Any more than you

[Repeat CHORUS]

(Come back to me)
At least now
We both know I tried
(Come back to me)
I will be yours until I die

[Repeat CHORUS]

Oh, I want you, I need you
I'll always be with you
I found out the hard way
I can't do without you

I want you, I need you
I'll always be with you

Overall Meaning

The song "I Want You I Need You" by Chris Christian is a journey of love and heartbreak. The lyrics start with the lines "It's a long, long way from Heaven to heartache, that's a trip I never wanted to make". The opening lines set the tone for the rest of the song. The singer reflects on the distance between the happiness of being in love and the pain of heartbreak. The song is an emotional journey of a man who has left his love behind and is now consumed by regret.

As the song progresses, he realizes that his life is not the same without his lover. "Since I've been gone, it just hasn't been the same. I'm afraid I've finally learned how a heart can break." He is now longing for her but is lost in the wrong place. "I've been walking on the wrong side of the highway, waking up on the wrong side of town." Even under bright signs, he can't find anyone he loves more than her. "I could never find under any neon sign, anyone that I love any more than you."

The chorus, "I want you, I need you, I'll always be with you," is a declaration of love and dependence. He realizes that he cannot do without her and wants her to come back to him. The song ends with the plea, "Come back to me, at least now we both know I tried." He wants her to know that he made a mistake but will always love her.

Line by Line Meaning

It's a long, long way
The distance between Heaven and heartbreak is vast.

From Heaven to heartache
From a place of pure joy to intense emotional pain.

That's a trip I never
A journey he never wished to experience.

Wanted to make
Did not desire to undergo this journey.

Since I've been gone
Things have not been the same since he left.

It just hasn't been the same
Life without the person he loves is incomplete.

I'm afraid I've finally learned
He has come to realize the destructive power of heartbreak.

How a heart can break
The extent to which emotional pain can affect someone.

I want you, I need you
He desires and depends on the person he loves.

I'll always be with you
He promises to stay by their side indefinitely.

I found out the hard way
He discovered through personal experience.