Julienne Taylor has been hailed as "Scotland's best female voice since Anni… Read Full Bio ↴Julienne Taylor has been hailed as "Scotland's best female voice since Annie Lennox". Her beautiful voice creates gorgeous music both traditional and contemporary performed with a Scottish flavour.

Julienne Taylor’s enchanting and captivating voice raised comparisons with both Norah Jones and Eva Cassidy, but Julienne has her own unique and distinctive style influenced from her Scottish ancestry.

Julienne’s latest album, A Time For Love, a collection of original songs and new interpretations of love songs with a Celtic influence, has been accumulating impressive sales throughout S.E.Asia in 2009.

The musical journey of Julienne Taylor has been a long and winding road. Having played in various bands in her High School years and studied dance and expressive mime in Edinburgh with Kinny Gardner (Lindsay Kemp Company), Julienne was convinced by musician friends who had previously made the transition, that a move to London was the only way to seriously pursue a career in music. So at 17 years old she did just that..

'Home', somewhat strangely, for the first few months of her arrival in the capital was living out of a suitcase in student nurse accommodation in Guys Hospital, being signed in as a guest by nursing staff friends and 'changing' her name every other day to avoid detection.

A flat in an unsalubrious part of S.E.London, which she shared with former bandmembers from Scotland was to become a more permanent base with Julienne working by day and writing songs by night - soon discovering that success does not come suddenly. A spell of homelessness on London's streets was only to compound this further.

Subsequent years saw Julienne working at Shepperton Film Studios learning the craft of sound engineering whilst regularly singing six nights a week with blues and soul bands and lending her voice as a backing vocalist for established acts. Later, a serious car crash would lead Julienne to pursue a studio engineering career whilst still persevering with her own musical ambitions

In 2001, whilst working with an Edinburgh based independent label, and following a series of successful live performances at the Edinburgh Festival, Julienne was signed to Virgin Records. A delay in the release of her first album however, meant the momentum was lost and in a world of priorities, the album and Julienne slowly became misplaced in the shuffle.

Now happily signed to Evosound there will, no doubt be many more twists and turns on the long and winding road, but Julienne will take them all in her stride as her perseverance and talent are finally being rewarded with the growing success of her latest album and her live performances.

Ever Fallen in Love
Julienne Taylor Lyrics

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You spurn my natural emotions
You make me feel like dirt
And I'm hurt
And if I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that's worse

Chorus

Ever fallen in love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
Ever fallen in love
In love with someone
You shouldn't fallen in love with

I can’t see much of a future
Unless we find out what’s to blame
What a shame
And we won’t be together much longer
Unless we realize that we are the same

Repeat chorus

And if I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that's worse

Repeat chorus

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Ever Fallen in Love" by Julienne Taylor & The Celtic Connection explore the complex emotions and challenges of being in a relationship that is both passionate and volatile.

In the opening lines, the singer expresses how their natural emotions are disregarded and belittled by their partner. This makes them feel insignificant and hurt. They are aware that raising any concerns or making a fuss could potentially lead to the end of the relationship, which is even more distressing for them.

The chorus delves into the universal theme of falling in love with someone deemed inappropriate or forbidden. The repetition of the phrase "Ever fallen in love" emphasizes the singer's repeated experience of feeling intense desire and affection for someone they shouldn't be involved with. It resonates with the listeners who can relate to the complexity and consequences of such a situation.

The second verse reflects a sense of pessimism about the future of the relationship. The singer suggests that for the relationship to have any chance of survival, both partners need to acknowledge and address the problems that exist between them. However, they express regret that this understanding may come too late, as they anticipate that they won't be together much longer.

Once again, the chorus underlines the difficulties and conflicts of being infatuated with someone who is deemed off-limits. The repetition in this song serves to emphasize the ongoing struggle the singer faces in dealing with their feelings.

Overall, "Ever Fallen in Love" captures the turmoil and frustration of loving someone who is wrong for them. It explores the fear of losing the person they are invested in, as well as the realization that they may have to confront their shared flaws in order to salvage their relationship.

Line by Line Meaning

You spurn my natural emotions
You reject and disregard the way I genuinely feel

You make me feel like dirt
You make me feel worthless and lowly

And I'm hurt
And it causes me pain and distress

And if I start a commotion
And if I express my emotions loudly and disruptively

I run the risk of losing you
I face the danger of you leaving me

And that's worse
And that would be even more unbearable

Ever fallen in love with someone
Have you ever experienced falling in love with someone

Ever fallen in love
Ever felt the powerful emotions of love

In love with someone
Being deeply and romantically attached to someone

You shouldn't fallen in love with
You should not have allowed yourself to fall in love with

I can’t see much of a future
I cannot envision a promising future