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Her new comeback International cd "The Journey So Far" is now available in iTunes and will drop in stores August 9, 2011.
On November 7, 2005 she sold out Carnegie Hall in an all new show directed by Richard Jay-Alexander (Bette Midler’s Kiss My Brass tour; Barbra Streisand Timeless Farewell tour) and, just prior to that, launched her first major U.S. city concert tour with performances in San Francisco, Atlantic City, Honolulu, Maui, Chicago, Norfolk, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, grossing over one million dollars in ticket sales.
Salonga gained international stardom for her award-winning lead role as Kim on Broadway in the 1991 production of Miss Saigon. She not only won a Tony Award for “Outstanding Performance by an Leading Actress in a Musical,” but also the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Laurence Olivier Award (in London where Miss Saigon originated). Her vast array of theater credits also include Les Miserables as Eponine, the Witch in Into The Woods, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, The Goodbye Girl, They’re Playing Our Song, Grease, The Fantasticks, Paper Moon, The Bad Seed, The Sound of Music and Annie.
In Fall 2002, Salonga made another splash on Broadway starring in the hit revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammersteins’s Flower Drum Song, with a re-imagined book by David Henry Hwang, earning her another Tony nomination as Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical.
In March 2007, Lea returned to Broadway to star as Fantine in the 2006 revival of Les Miserables and in July 08 she’ll embark on a 39-week tour of Asia and the Philippines starring in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
A bona fide “Disney Princess”, Salonga can be heard on screen as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s blockbuster smash Aladdin. In a recent article in Southwest Magazine entitled the “50 Greatest Movie Soundtracks,” Aladdin was ranked #17 with specific note made of Miss Salonga’s version of “A Whole New World.” She is also the singing voice of Mulan in Mulan and Mulan 2.
She can be heard on the original cast recordings of Miss Saigon, Flower Drum Song (Broadway Revival), The King and I (with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley), The Nutcracker, Hey, Mr. Producer! and the Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert. Lea has recorded over a dozen solo CD’s including Lea Salonga, Lea…In Love, By Heart, Songs from the Screen, Songs From Home, Lea…Live!, Lea Salonga: The Broadway Concert and, most recently Inspired.
Salonga has also made several notable appearances on such television shows as ER, As The World Turns, Hey, Mr. Producer and Russell Watson: The Voice for PBS and the PBS special Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert.
Lea is originally from the Philippines and she currently maintains residences in New York, Los Angeles and Manila. Her proudest production to date is her daughter Nicole, born in May 06.
Waiting For Love
Lea Salonga Lyrics
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Or the chance of love again
That made me explain
The secrets of my soul
I guess i only needed
Someone to hold
For i was gone without a trace
(Chorus)
And it seems i've spent my whole life
Waiting for love
And when it comes
I always run away
Was it something from a dream
That touched my memory
Or a picture i didn't know, i'd seem
That made me stop and stare
And then i lost him
If he was ever there
Cos i'm afraid of being close
Where i need to be the most
(repeat Chorus)
Cos i'm afraid of being close
Where i need to be the most
(repeat Chorus)
And i'm afraid i've spent my whole life
Waiting for love
Til my last day has come
To run away
The song "Waiting For Love" by Lea Salonga is a heartfelt admission of the singer's fear of intimacy and love. The lyrics describe a series of missed opportunities for love and connection, and the singer acknowledges that they have spent their entire life waiting for love, only to run away when it finally comes.
The first verse describes the singer's feelings of isolation and loneliness. They wonder if the rain or the possibility of love has prompted them to open up and reveal the secrets of their soul. The singer mentions that all they really needed was someone to hold, which suggests that physical touch and comfort is what they crave the most. But despite this need, they still run away from love.
The second verse explores the idea of missed connections and lost opportunities. The singer wonders if their fear of intimacy was triggered by a dream or a subconscious memory, or if they missed out on love because they were too busy staring at an imaginary picture of what love should be. The singer admits that they are afraid of being close to someone, even though that is where they need to be the most. This fear has caused them to run away from the possibility of love, time and time again.
Overall, "Waiting For Love" is a poignant and relatable song that speaks to the fear of intimacy and vulnerability that many people experience. The lyrics are heartfelt and honest, and Lea Salonga's beautiful voice adds an emotional depth to the message.
Line by Line Meaning
Was it something in the rain
Did the rain have some kind of effect on me that made me question my feelings
Or the chance of love again
Or was it the possibility of finding love once more
That made me explain
That made me open up and talk about my deepest thoughts and feelings
The secrets of my soul
The hidden emotions within me that I have never shared before
I guess i only needed
I think all I really wanted was
Someone to hold
Someone who could comfort me and make me feel loved
For i was gone without a trace
I disappeared suddenly without warning
When the rain blew away
When the rain stopped, I was gone
And it seems i've spent my whole life
It feels like I have spent my entire life
Waiting for love
Waiting for that special connection with another person
And when it comes
But when it finally arrives
I always run away
I have a tendency to push it away and avoid it
Was it something from a dream
Did I see this in my dreams or imagination
That touched my memory
Something that stirred up my past or memories
Or a picture i didn't know, i'd seem
Or maybe a photo that I didn't recognize or remember seeing before
That made me stop and stare
Something that caught my attention and made me pause
And then i lost him
And then the person who I had just met disappeared
If he was ever there
I'm not even sure if he was really there or just a figment of my imagination
Cos i'm afraid of being close
Because I am scared of getting too emotionally attached
Where i need to be the most
Even when this is where I need to be the most
And i'm afraid i've spent my whole life
And I am scared that I have wasted my entire life
Til my last day has come
Until the very end of my life
To run away
To continue avoiding love and any emotional attachment
Contributed by Jasmine K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.