The Cocteau Twins were signed to Ivo Watts Russel's record label 4AD and Fraser found herself contributing to Russel's 'supergroup' This Mortal Coil which showcased the talents of his stable. Her most notable performance was probably on Song to the Siren; a beautifully haunting cover of the Tim Buckley song which enjoyed a considerable covert success in the late '80s.
Fraser has also recorded with Ian McCulloch (of Echo and the Bunnymen) and Massive Attack as well as featuring on the soundtrack to The Lord of Rings movie trilogy.
This love
Elizabeth Fraser Lyrics
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This love is a strange love
A faded kind of mellow
This love
This love
I think I'm gonna fall again
And even when you held my hand
This love
Now rehearsed we stay, love
Doesn't know it is love
This love
This love
It hasn't have to feel love
It hasn't need to be love
It hasn't mean a thing
This love
This love loves love
It's a strange love, strange love
This love
This love
This loves gonna be a strange love
Doesn't mean a single thing again
This love
This love
This love
It's a strange love, strange love
Doesn't mean a single thing again
This love
This love
I think I'm gonna fall again
It's a strange love, strange love
Doesn't mean a single thing again
This love
This, this love
This love
It's a strange love, strange love
Doesn't mean a thing
This love
Elizabeth Fraser's song "This love" is a representation of the unconventional and strange nature of love. The lyrics are poetic and open to interpretation, but at its core, it speaks about the complexity of love and human emotions. The singer personifies love by saying that it is a "strange love" that is "faded" and "mellow." The use of such adjectives suggests feelings of uncertainty and maybe even melancholy.
The lyrics also suggest that the love shared between the singer and her partner is unfulfilled, and despite being held by her partner's hand, it "doesn't mean a thing." There is an element of resignation in the way she sings about this love, saying that it hasn't had to feel love, nor does it need to be. This could suggest that love is not always perfect, and sometimes it doesn't come in the way we expect it to. The tone of resignation shifts towards a more positive outlook in the last stanza, where the singer claims that she's going to fall in love again - even if it's a strange love.
In conclusion, Elizabeth Fraser's "This Love" is a beautifully crafted song about the paradoxical nature of love. It speaks about the unconventional, strange, and unpredictable aspects of love while acknowledging that even the most complicated love can be beautiful and fulfilling.
Line by Line Meaning
This love
The feeling of love
This love is a strange love
The love experienced is different and unfamiliar
A faded kind of mellow
The love is quiet and subtle
This love
The feeling of love
I think I'm gonna fall again
I might fall in love again
And even when you held my hand
Physical contact does not necessarily mean love
It didn't mean a thing, this love
The love is not defined by physical gestures
Now rehearsed we stay, love
The love has become rehearsed and routine
Doesn't know it is love
The love is not aware of itself
This love
The feeling of love
It hasn't have to feel love
The love is not obligated to feel in any particular way
It hasn't need to be love
The love does not need to conform to societal expectations
It hasn't mean a thing
The love does not hold any significance
This love loves love
The concept of love is loved
It's a strange love, strange love
The love is unusual and peculiar
This love
The feeling of love
This loves gonna be a strange love
The love that is to come will be strange and different
Doesn't mean a single thing again
The love does not hold any meaning
This love
The feeling of love
It's a strange love, strange love
The love is unusual and peculiar
Doesn't mean a single thing again
The love does not hold any meaning
I think I'm gonna fall again
I might fall in love again
It's a strange love, strange love
The love is unusual and peculiar
Doesn't mean a single thing again
The love does not hold any meaning
This, this love
The feeling of love
This love
The feeling of love
It's a strange love, strange love
The love is unusual and peculiar
Doesn't mean a thing
The love does not hold any significance
This love
The feeling of love
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Craig Armstrong, Jerry Burns
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@popbox01
This love
This love is a strange love
In that it can lift a love
This love
This love
I think I'm gonna fall again
And ever when you held the hand
And turn 'em in your fingers, love
This love
Now rehearsed we stay, love
Doesn't know it is love
This love
This love
Doesn't have to feel love
Doesn't care to be love
It doesn't mean a thing
This love
This love loves love
It's a strange love, strange love
This love
This love
This love is a strange love, strange love
I'm gonna fall again love
Doesn't mean a thing
Think I'm gonna fall again
This Love
@fadingstarlight8
This song brings me back to my high school crush/heartbreak. That was decades ago and I've been happily married for over a decade, but something about 'This Love' beautifully captures the sweet pain of her memories. The ever-fading memory of her warm smile in the crisp autumn air of New England, the ghosts of dreams never made real. This love is a strange love.
@angelinak.4868
Liz Fraser's voice is the most beautiful thing in the world. The voice of an angel.
@vrod6525
Angelina K. This song always gets me 13+ years and still gets me!!!
@fabriceb2323
Actually..."of God"! This is the way journalists called her in the debut of Cocteau Twins !
@MrDINNboy
Sure!! I love CT Liz Fraser, this is music is perform by Sara Brightman but perform of Liz is upper!! Other singer indicated to you is Any Lennox is a great!! Bye
@namastepeace
A voice that gives my heart so much = thank you so much for this
@michaelpyero
T R U E !!!❤
@maha77
The first time I heard this song for 4 minutes my world completely stopped. I had to buy the album that night and play it at least 10 times a day for months and months.
@moimoi63
Elizabeth Fraser is an alchemist. Every song she touches turns to gold. My heart forgets itself in her voice, I am nowhere but in my aching aching centre when I hear this song.
@LorenzoVersnick-cf4gn
Je weet het je moet maar eens de drie films zien echt prachtig