Calling Your Name
Jan Johnston Lyrics
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Calling'
Can't you hear me call'???'
I imagine you here'
Close'
My love'
With you a million kisses,'
Would never be enough'
I'd need more'
So much'
More'
I know you're the one'
I want in my life'
I know you're the one'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Calling your name'.
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Calling your name
Calling your'..name
Can't you hear me call???
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Calling'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Calling your name'
Calling your name'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Calling your name'
Calling your '..name
The though of you leaves me'
Weak'
Messing my head'
My heart'
I'm driven by desire'
I could never turn back'
I'd want more'
So much'
More'
I know you're the one'
I want in my life'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Calling your name'
Calling your mane'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Calling your name'
Calling your name'
Your name'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call????
Can't you hear me call????
The lyrics of Jan Johnston's song "Calling Your Name" paint the picture of a lover who is deeply in love and desperately trying to reach out to a significant other who may be out of reach or not responding. The repetition of the phrase "can't you hear me call" emphasizes the sense of yearning and desperation she feels. Johnston imagines the loved one with her, close by, sharing her bed, and showering them with an endless number of kisses that would never be enough. She is driven by desire and cannot help but think about this person constantly, knowing that they are the one she wants in her life.
The use of imagery in this song is powerful, leaving the listener with vivid images of the feelings the singer is experiencing. Her thoughts of the loved one leaves her "weak" and "messing with her head" and heart. She's willing to risk everything, even though she can never turn back and continue wanting more. Overall, the song exemplifies the urgency and intensity of love, the need to be close to the person you love, and the frustration and desperation that comes with not being able to do so.
Line by Line Meaning
Calling'
Expressing a desire to make contact.
Calling'
Expressing a desire to make contact.
Can't you hear me call????
Questioning the recipient's ability to hear the caller's plea.
I imagine you here'
Mental projection of the recipient to the caller's immediate environment.
Close'
Propinquity.
Sharing my bed'
Conveying the idea of sexual intimacy.
My love'
Endearment.
With you a million kisses,'
Hyperbole expressing the magnitude of the caller's affection.
Would never be enough'
Emphasizing the insufficiency of the affection bestowed.
I'd need more'
Expressing the need for increased affection.
So much'
Emphasizing the magnitude of the required increase in affection.
More'
Reiteration of the need for increased affection.
I know you're the one'
Expressing the caller's conviction about the suitability of the recipient as a life partner.
Calling your name'
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Can't you hear me call????
Questioning the recipient's ability to hear the caller's plea.
Calling your name'.
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Calling your name'
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Can't you hear me call????
Questioning the recipient's ability to hear the caller's plea.
Calling your name
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Calling your'..name
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
The thought of you leaves me'
Expressing the caller's emotional state upon imaginatively engaging with the recipient.
Weak'
Incapacitation or loss of vigor.
Messing my head'
Disturbing the caller's cognitive and/or emotional faculties.
My heart'
Symbol of the caller's emotions and/or affections.
I'm driven by desire'
Expressing the powerful hold the desire for reciprocated affection has over the caller.
I could never turn back'
Expressing the unrelenting nature of the caller's desire.
I'd want more'
Reiteration of the need for increased affection.
So much'
Emphasizing the magnitude of the required increase in affection.
More'
Reiteration of the need for increased affection.
I know you're the one'
Expressing the caller's conviction about the suitability of the recipient as a life partner.
Calling your name'
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Can't you hear me call????
Questioning the recipient's ability to hear the caller's plea.
Calling your name'
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Calling your mane'
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Calling your name'
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Can't you hear me call????
Questioning the recipient's ability to hear the caller's plea.
Calling your name'
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Calling your '..name
Reiterating the caller's desire to make contact.
Your name'
The specific identity of the intended recipient.
Can't you hear me call????
Questioning the recipient's ability to hear the caller's plea.
Can't you hear me call????
Questioning the recipient's ability to hear the caller's plea.
Contributed by Micah M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Can't you hear me call'?'
I imagine you here'
Close'
Sharing my bed'
My love'
With you a million kisses, '
Would never be enough'
I'd need more'
So much'
More'
I know you're the one'
I want in my life'
I know you're the one'
Calling your name'
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Can't you hear me call?
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The though of you leaves me'
Weak'
Messing my head'
My heart'
I'm driven by desire'
I could never turn back'
I'd want more'
So much'
More'
I know you're the one'
I want in my life'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call?
Calling your name'
Calling your mane'
Calling your name'
Can't you hear me call?
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Your name'
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Can't you hear me call?
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@sapient110
hearing that sample "calling your name" still gives me shivers of bliss all over
@helenmarie8119
Still making hairs on your arm stand up in 2021 💗
@tunes9954
This is my neighbors new favorite song. Even if they didn't choose it!!
😂😂😂😂
@StewartEvans52
jan johnston is right up there with the jenna for me the lady who sings heart of gold,such an iconic voice who i spent my youth dancing to many thanks for the upload much appreciated
@thefirstladyoftrance
Taffy 83 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Out today! Calling Your Name 2018 with new remixes by Gai Barone, Sunny Lax and Peter Steele. Plus the original 2003 remixes - but from iTunes here Https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/calling-your-name/1384190832
@SuperHns
sorry Jan Jonston is alone at the top, very lonely, she is the best!
@thefirstladyoftrance
Diurno MX indeed
@xElNinoo
What an absolute stunner of a track.
@jamesbate7659
After listening to trance for about 25 years I forgot about Jan Johnson and as soon as I seen her name I remembered how good she was how I forgot about one of the queens of trance for a couple of years I don't how but there was that much talent in the nineties it skipped my mind
@marcoc33
Vocal trance nowadays is shite. Only get the vocalists with a pretty face rather than a talent like the great Jan Johnston.