"I Love You Always Forever" was hugely successful on U.S. radio, staying at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks and spending thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the airplay chart. It exceeded one million "spins" on radio to claim its place in music industry history as the most-played single up to that point. The single reached number five on the UK Singles Chart in 1996. The popularity of the song shot Lewis's debut album, Now in a Minute, to platinum status.
Her second LP, Blue Planet, won critical acclaim, but it was largely overlooked by the public. Although it eventually produced a U.S. number-one dance single, "Love Him", Lewis parted ways with Atlantic Records and independently produced her third LP, Be Still, which featured Lewis on an almost entirely acoustic set. Lewis was featured as a guest vocalist on several trance music/house music recordings. Her most recent LP, In the Pink, was release in 2008.
Agenais
Donna Lewis Lyrics
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Little hand reached out and touched
Me and stole my heart away and I followed into a labyrinth of gold
And rose red color and
Then I heard such beautiful voices calling out to me to go floating
Down, floating down,
Floating down to Agenais and we'll go floating down, floating down,
Floating down to
Palace and they were dancing
In long silver veils and white lilies in their hair and then we
Rose, above in the moonlight to watch
The city sleeping and this beautiful magical place I, no longer want
To leave we'll go
Leaving it all behind promises of the wild they say,
Come little sister come with
Us and let's fly we'll go floating down, floating down, floating
Down to Agenais and we'll go
Floating down floating down floating floating away and
I'm floating floating floating
Floating floating and I'm floating down
The opening of Donna Lewis's song "Agenais" sets the stage with vivid imagery of the sun setting over hayfields by a river. The scene is disrupted when a little hand reaches out and touches the singer. This encounter leads the singer through a labyrinth of gold and rose-red colors, where she hears beautiful voices calling her to float down to Agenais. Agenais is described as a magical place, lit by a blue flame, where a gold and crystal palace stands, and where people dance in long silver veils and with white lilies in their hair.
The singer rises above the city sleeping and watches the beautiful magical place, not wanting to leave it behind. The promises of the wild are calling out to the singer to come with them and fly away. The song ends with the refrain of "floating down to Agenais," repeating the singer's desire to stay in this magical city forever.
Interpreting the lyrics of the song, one can see that it speaks of a desire to escape from reality and be taken away to a magical and beautiful place. It also speaks of the allure of promises of the unknown, of a hidden world that offers something more.
Line by Line Meaning
As I sit with the sun falling over the hayfields by the river a
As I enjoy the view of a sunset over the hayfields by the river.
Little hand reached out and touched
A small hand touched me.
Me and stole my heart away and I followed into a labyrinth of gold
I became enamored and followed the child into a wondrous place.
And rose red color and Then I heard such beautiful voices calling out to me to go floating Down, floating down, Floating down to Agenais and we'll go floating down, floating down, Floating down to Agenais
I was entranced by the beautiful scenery and heard pleasant voices calling me to come along to Agenais.
and there it was, lit by a blue flame a gold and crystal Palace and they were dancing In long silver veils and white lilies in their hair
A stunning and elaborate palace filled with dancers adorned in white and silver came into view, lit up by a blue flame.
and then we Rose, above in the moonlight to watch The city sleeping
We rose above the city in the moonlight to watch it sleep.
and this beautiful magical place I, no longer want To leave we'll go Leaving it all behind promises of the wild they say
I was so taken with Agenais that I didn't want to leave, despite promises of adventure elsewhere.
Come little sister come with Us and let's fly we'll go floating down, floating down, floating Down to Agenais and we'll go Floating down floating down floating floating away
I was invited to stay and fly with them to Agenais, where we'll float together and embrace the magic.
and I'm floating floating floating Floating floating and I'm floating down
I felt weightless and free as I floated down to Agenais.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DONNA LEWIS
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