Heather Nova is the Bermudian Songwriter who grew up on a boat in the Caribbean and went on to sell over 2 million albums in her 15 year career to date. She has released seven albums and has opened for artists like Van Morrison and Neil Young as well as performed with artists like Sarah McLachlan. She has also had hit records with co-writes featuring artists like ATB (Renegade), and Eskobar (Someone New).Her brother is the Reggae singer Mishka.
By the end of the 1980s, after leaving RISD, Heather moved briefly to New York City (where she unsuccessfully tried to interest some major labels in a demo including Columbia , who rejected her, only to sign her five years later ), before moving to London, England. She has British citizenship due to her Bermudan origin. In 1990, she released her first recording, an EP called 'Heather Frith' — she had not yet changed her name by then. The name change came a year or so later after several gigs in the Netherlands, where, after finding out that the Dutch have trouble pronouncing "Frith," she chose a name that would be easily pronounceable in every European language, "Nova," her Canadian mother's maiden name.
The new name debuted in 1993 with her second EP 'Spirit in You' and her first full album, 'Glow Stars'. The success of the album led her to record and release her first live album, 'Blow', the same year, which she supported by a tour of Europe. A year later in 1994 she released what many consider to be her finest work to date, the emotional yet jagged album 'Oyster', for which she toured for almost two years. Another live album, 'Live from the Milky Way', was released in 1995, and after its release she toured for nearly three years straight, twice joining Sarah McLachlan and others on the North American Lilith Fair, which is a music festival with only female performers. Heather is also a frequent performer at European music festivals such as Roskilde.
In 1998, the long-awaited follow up to 'Oyster' was released. After the release of 'Siren', Heather took a break while various television show and film soundtracks licensed some of her songs and her record company (Sony Records/The WORK Group) released various singles from the album, which received only moderate play on America's MTV2, Europe's MTV and Canada's MuchMusic and on mainstream radio, although she was popular on college radio. Also during this time, she recorded a version of the often covered Billie Holiday song, 'Gloomy Sunday', for the German WWII drama Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod. In 2000, she released yet another live album, called 'Wonderlust'.
Over the years, Heather has written and recorded over a hundred songs, so that her albums are selected from work that has often already been performed live, rather than being conceived during rushed songwriting sessions. Half the songs on 'Siren' had been written during the 'Oyster' sessions and were frequently played live prior to being committed to a studio session, and most of the songs for 2001's 'South' were written between 1999 and 2000 while she was on hiatus from touring. With the release of 'South', she returned to the international spotlight with an appearance on the soundtrack of the John Cusack movie "Serendipity", a couple of music videos, and a collaboration with Swedish band Eskobar, for a song called "Someone New", also released as a video, which proved so popular that it was played primarily on America's MTV, not just MTV2 (which is normally reserved for less-popular songs). 'Storm', Heather's fifth studio album, was released in late 2003 on Big Cat Records, as was 'Redbird', released in 2005.
In 2002, she self-published 'the sorrowjoy', a 72-page book of her poetry and drawings. An album of the same name was released in March 2006, which featured Nova reading the poems from her book set to ambient music. The album has only been available for purchase at concerts beginning with the Intimate Evening tour, from the fan-run websites, HeatherNova.Net and HeatherNova.De, and from the official website, www.heathernova.com.
The album Storm was released in 2003. It was a more refined album, using Mercury Rev as Heather's backing band. The album was Top 5 in Germany and Top 10 across Europe. It was an album of dark ballads, marking a step away from the polished sound of South. It was also Heather's first release on her own record label, Saltwater Records. Despite being pregnant, she toured hard with a new line up and band, before returning home to Bermuda. (A live DVD was made of these concerts (live at the Union Chapel)
Like Lovers Do
Heather Nova Lyrics
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A better life to bring us round
And all we really need to do
Is see the world like lovers do
I want to take it easy, take it slow
To catch a fire and let it go
I want to give myself to you
Like lovers do
I want to feel that way
Yeah like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
And I need to feel, I need to feel that way
I can hear you thinking what I feel
I know that what we've got is real
And all we need to get us through
Is just to live like lovers do
Just like lovers do
I want to feel that way
Yeah like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
Yeah I need to feel, I need to feel that way
Like lovers do
Give me the strength
To give myself to you
Like lovers, lovers do
Yeah all we really need to do
Is see the world like lovers do
Like lovers do
I want to feel that way
Yeah like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
Lovers do
I want to feel that way
Like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
Yeah I need to feel, I need to feel that way
Like lovers do
The lyrics of "Like Lovers Do" by Heather Nova talk about the idealistic and blissful love that prevails between two people who are deeply in love with each other. The opening line suggests that there is a "paradise" that can be discovered, and while it may take some effort and exploration, it is possible to reach it. To do that, one must stop seeing the world through the lens of practicality and pragmatism, and instead, see the world the way lovers do. The song emphasizes that love has a unique quality about it that can transport people to a new reality, and if they allow themselves to be swept away, they can experience a life that is full of happiness and contentment.
The chorus of the song adds an air of longing to the lyrics as the singer expresses her desire to be "like lovers do" and "lose themselves for days." The lyrics suggest that love has an all-encompassing, almost mystical quality that can make people feel alive like nothing else can. The singer of the song wants to feel that way, to be swept up in the kind of love that is both all-consuming and unconditional. The song emphasizes that to achieve that kind of love, one must give oneself entirely to another person, trusting them completely.
Overall, "Like Lovers Do" is a song about the transformative power of love that emphasizes giving oneself entirely to another person. It is a song that celebrates the beauty of love and the transformative effect it can have on a person's life.
Line by Line Meaning
There is a paradise that can be found
Heather believes that there is a perfect world that we can all strive to find
A better life to bring us round
This perfect world can help us live better lives and overcome our problems
And all we really need to do
The way to find this paradise seems simple to Heather
Is see the world like lovers do
She suggests that if we see the world through the eyes of lovers, we can find this paradise and live better lives
I want to take it easy, take it slow
Heather wants to live a relaxed and calm life
To catch a fire and let it go
She wants to experience intense emotions and then let them pass
I want to give myself to you
Heather wants to share her life with someone she loves
So we can live like lovers do
She believes that by sharing our lives with someone we love, we can live the perfect life and find the paradise she describes
I want to feel that way
Heather wants to experience the intense emotions that lovers feel for each other
Yeah like lovers do
She uses this repetition to emphasize her desire to feel this way
They loose themselves for days
Heather believes that lovers can become so absorbed in each other that they lose track of time
And I need to feel, I need to feel that way
Her desire to feel these intense emotions is so strong that she repeats it
I can hear you thinking what I feel
Heather believes that her loved one understands her feelings without her having to express them
I know that what we've got is real
She is confident that the love they share is genuine and lasting
And all we need to get us through
Heather suggests that love is enough to handle any challenges life may bring
Is just to live like lovers do
Once again, she suggests that living like lovers is the key to finding happiness and overcoming obstacles
Give me the strength
Heather acknowledges that staying committed to a relationship sometimes requires strength
To give myself to you
She is once again expressing her willingness to devote herself completely to her loved one
Lovers do
She repeats this phrase to emphasize her desire to experience love the way that lovers do
Yeah all we really need to do
Heather restates her belief that living like lovers is the simple solution to life's challenges
Is see the world like lovers do
She believes that by changing our perspective and seeing the world through the eyes of lovers, we can find happiness and paradise
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: HEATHER NOVA
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