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.

I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face
Diana Krall Lyrics

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I've grown accustomed to his face,
He almost makes the day begin,
I've grown accustomed to the tune he whistle night and noon.
His smiles, his frowns,
His ups his downs are second nature ot me know
Like breathing out and breathing in.

I was so really independent and content before we met,

Surely I could always be that way again and yet
I've grown accustomed to his looks,
Accustomed to his voice,
Accustomed to his face.

I've grown accustomed to his face,
He almost makes the day begin.
I've gotten used to hear him say good morning everyday.
His joys, his woes, his highs, his lows
Are sencond nature to me know
Like breathing out, breathing in

I'm very glad he's a man and so easy to forget
Rather like a habit one can always break and yet

I've grown accustomed to the trace of something in the air
Accustomed to his face

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Diana Krall's song "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face" convey a person's realization that they have become so enmeshed in a relationship that the other person's presence has become routine and habitual. The person has developed a deep familiarity and dependency on their partner, from his morning greetings to his moods, and this familiarity is now integral to their daily existence. The person acknowledges that before meeting their partner, they were self-sufficient and content with being alone, but now they realize they have become accustomed to having someone to lean on.

The song is ultimately about the difficulties of change and the realization that it is hard to let go of someone when they have become such an integral part of life. The person knows that they could go back to being independent, but they have grown so accustomed to this person's presence that they are hesitant to make a life without them. The song's lyrics are meaningful and honest, presenting a realistic view of the struggles that come with relationships.

Line by Line Meaning

I've grown accustomed to his face,
I have become used to seeing his face on a regular basis now.

He almost makes the day begin,
Seeing his face is such a regular part of my morning routine that it almost feels like the day cannot start without it.

I've grown accustomed to the tune he whistle night and noon.
I have become familiar with the melody he hums at all hours of the day and night.

His smiles, his frowns,
I am so familiar with him now that even his expressions have become second nature to me.

His ups his downs are second nature ot me know
I am now so adjusted to the way he thinks and feels that it has essentially become a part of my own psyche.

Like breathing out and breathing in.
These familiarities have become such a natural part of my life that it is as easy and unconscious as the simple act of breathing.

I was so really independent and content before we met,
I used to feel very self-sufficient and happy before I entered into this relationship.

Surely I could always be that way again and yet
Even though I know I once felt whole without him, it still feels impossible to imagine going back to that state of mind.

I've grown accustomed to his looks,
I have become so used to the way he appears physically that it is now a comforting familiarity.

Accustomed to his voice,
I am now so familiar with the sound of his voice that it is akin to something soothing and known.

I've grown accustomed to his face.
This relationship has become such a significant part of my life that picturing a future without him is a difficult notion.

I've gotten used to hear him say good morning everyday.
One of the little things I look forward to each day is hearing his voice utter a simple 'good morning.'

His joys, his woes, his highs, his lows
I am now so tied to his emotions and experiences that they influence my own sense of happiness and sadness to some degree.

Are sencond nature to me know
I am now so in tune with him that his feelings have become almost reflexively felt within myself.

Like breathing out, breathing in
Just as natural as inhaling and exhaling are to the human body, so too have his joys and his woes become a part of my emotional landscape.

I'm very glad he's a man and so easy to forget
Sometimes it would be easier to forget the hold he has on my emotions if he weren't such a constant physical presence in my life.

Rather like a habit one can always break and yet
Just as one can break a habit, I know that it is possible to move on from this relationship, but it still feels like a daunting task.

I've grown accustomed to the trace of something in the air
Even the scent he carries around with him has become a comforting familiarity to me.

Accustomed to his face
After spending so much time together, the thought of not seeing his face on a regular basis is a hard reality to confront.

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