Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Ca… Read Full Bio ↴Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (on November 16, 1964). She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. At the age of fifteen, she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants. She also spent some time in Toronto studying with Canadian Jazz great, Don Thompson (Bass/Piano) and with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts she moved to the U.S to continue studies and develop her career.

Her playing attracted the attention of bass player Ray Brown, who brought her into touch with influential teachers and producers. At the age of seventeen, she won a scholarship from the Vancouver Jazz Festival to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After three terms she moved to Los Angeles to study with Jimmy Rowles, with whom she also began to sing. In 1990, Krall relocated to New York. She is married to British musician Elvis Costello.

A Blossom Fell
Diana Krall Lyrics

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A blossom fell from off a tree
It settled softly on the lips you turn to me
The gypsies say and I know why
A falling blossom only touches lips that lie

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new
Beneath the moon

I thought you loved me
You said you love me
We planned together
To dream forever
The dream has ended
For true love died
The day a blossom fell
And touched two lips that lied

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new
Beneath the moon
I thought you loved me
You said you love me
We planned together
To dream forever
The dream has ended
For true love died

The day a blossom fell
And touched two lips that lied

Overall Meaning

In Diana Krall's song "A Blossom Fell," the lyrics tell the story of a love that has ended due to deceit. In the first verse, a blossom falls from a tree and settles on the lips of the person whom the singer is speaking to. The gypsies say that a falling blossom only touches lips that lie. This is a foreshadowing of the deception that will be revealed in the second verse.

In the second verse, the singer sees the person they love kissing someone new under the moon. The singer had believed that they were loved in return and had even planned a future together. But now the dream has ended, and true love has died. The final line of the chorus repeats the image of the falling blossom, suggesting that the lies that were spoken were also like falling petals that have tainted the symbol of love.

Beyond the literal interpretation of the lyrics, there is a deeper thematic exploration of the fragility of love and how easily trust can be broken. The image of the falling blossom is a potent metaphor for how easily love can be destroyed by deceit.

Line by Line Meaning

A blossom fell from off a tree
A flower fell naturally from a tree

It settled softly on the lips you turn to me
The flower landed gently on the lips you used to kiss me

The gypsies say and I know why
Gypsies say that falling flowers only touch the lips of liars, and now I understand why

A falling blossom only touches lips that lie
Flowers falling and landing on lips can only occur if those lips have been dishonest

A blossom fell and very soon
Shortly after the flower fell

I saw you kissing someone new
I found you in the act of kissing someone else

Beneath the moon
In the moonlight

I thought you loved me
I thought you were in love with me

You said you love me
You told me you loved me

We planned together
We made plans for our future together

To dream forever
To dream of being together forever

The dream has ended
Our dream has come to an end

For true love died
The truth about our love revealed itself – it was over

The day a blossom fell
The day that flower fell

And touched two lips that lied
And landed on the lips that weren't truthful about their love for me

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Dominic John, Harold Cornelius Fields, Howard Ellington Riddiford Barnes

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