In 1992 she started a solo career and moved to Germany.
Linda recorded several eurodance hits like "Hold Me Now" and "Is This Life?"
She was the opening act for an Elton John concert in Aschaffenburg, performing for 50,000 people. She wrote songs for Randy Crawford and opened shows for The Fugees, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion and even toured with "The Soul of MTV" together with Bilal and City High.
In 2002 she released her solo album "she said..." and entered the Pre-Eurovision Song Contest for Germany representing her German home town, Aschaffenburg with her song "Higher Ground".
Just Friends
Linda Carriere Lyrics
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And you looked into my eyes
I could hardly believe
Love took me by surprise
And now that we are friends
I don`t want it to end
`cause I would rather lose your love
To be your friend
Exactly how I feel
`cause I believe if you knew
You`d probably just leave
Don`t know what i`d do
Without you
Be on my own again
Without you
Bridge:
Don`t understand it
If I could have planned it
How would it be
There`s no use pretending
Don`t want our love ending
No
The way I feel about you
I could never let you know
And all the feelings I have
I`m too afraid to let them show
So I close my eyes and count to ten
`cause I would rather lose your love
To be your friend
I`d rather lose your love to be your friend
In Linda Carriere's song "Just Friends", she speaks about a complicated relationship that she shares with an individual who she romantically loves, but she would rather lose their love and remain friends than confess her feelings and risk losing them altogether. The singer highlights that love came as a surprise, but now that they have formed a friendship, they don't want to lose it. However, the singer has kept their feelings to themselves as they fear how the other person might respond. They don't want to risk losing the friendship if their feelings are not reciprocated. Linda Carriere's lyrics depict how some people rather enjoy the presence of someone they love, even if they can't be with them romantically. This song is a reflection of how some relationships may exist only in the friendzone, but the people in those relationships are okay with that because being friends is a better alternative to losing them altogether.
The bridge of the song speaks about how the singer does not understand their predicament; they would not like to lose the relationship they have with the person they love, but they also cannot reveal their true feelings. Therefore, they remain friends, even though the singer's feelings mean they will never see the relationship grow into a romantic one. Linda also speaks about the fear of being alone again without the friend's support if the friendship collapses. Therefore the singer considers keeping their feelings hidden to preserve the bond they share. Linda Carriere's use of these lyrics shows how some people may choose to hide their true emotions for the sake of preserving friendship even if they have to bear the pain of suppressing their love.
Line by Line Meaning
From the day that I first met you
I am referring to the day I met you
And you looked into my eyes
You had looked deeply into my eyes
I could hardly believe
I found it almost impossible to believe
Love took me by surprise
I was surprised when I fell in love with you
And now that we are friends
Now that we have become friends
I don`t want it to end
I wish for our friendship to continue forever
`cause I would rather lose your love
To be your friend
I prefer to lose your love than to lose your friendship
I guess I never told you
Perhaps I never articulated it to you
Exactly how I feel
The feelings I possess
`cause I believe if you knew
You`d probably just leave
I hold the opinion that should you find out, you might exit our relationship
Don`t know what i`d do
Without you
I cannot contemplate living without you
Be on my own again
Without you
I would be on my own again if we separate
Don`t understand it
If I could have planned it
How would it be
I cannot comprehend it, and if I could have expected it ahead, what would the outcome have been?
There`s no use pretending
Don`t want our love ending
No
Faking it is needless, and I don't want our relationship to end
The way I feel about you
I could never let you know
I can never reveal the way I feel about you
And all the feelings I have
I`m too afraid to let them show
I am too scared to display any of the emotions that traverse through me
So I close my eyes and count to ten
`cause I would rather lose your love
To be your friend
I prefer to forget we ever loved than have our friendship truncated, and so I go to lengths, including closing my eyes and counting to ten, to keep it as pristine as it is
I`d rather lose your love to be your friend
I'd instead opt-out of love than forfeit our friendship
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BOB WILLS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@awieelite
Der beste 3p Track ever. Ich habe das Lied zudem vor 11 Jahren gehört; auf der Heimfahrt vom Krankenhaus nach der Geburt meiner Tochter. Dieses Lied ist seitdem mein musikalisches Goldstück zur Geburt meines Goldstücks.
@theonethatgotaway5120
Meine Güte, es ist so so gut, erinnere mich, wie 2001/2002 immer auf MTV2|pop lief und ich liebe es immer noch 💖
@sanguineable
Just came across this beautiful track again after a few years . Hope you are doing well Linda . (An old work colleague from a while back. Romford )
@crisgonc
If you never heard from Linda Carriere, you should know her. She is fabulous and known in Germany. I die for this song! That is MY Song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " and now that we are friends I don't want it to end 'cause I would rather lose your love to be your friend" (Linda Carriere) Thanks for making this video available. Linda Carriere has to be known by the world.
@QNative2012
If I'm not mistaken, Linda Carriere is a very well-known singer-songwriter who was a part of the 80's Dance Band called "Dynasty" which was the brain-child of Leon Sylvers (of The Sylvers) & Dick Griffey of Solar Records based out of Los Angeles, CA. They had a string of hits, one of the biggest being "I've Just Begun To Love You" which got a ton radio at the time.
@UtopiaTimes
This is the British born Linda Carriere who sang lead on Loose End's "Don't Be a Fool". She had the cutest afro then. She almost unrecognisable with dread weave here. https://youtu.be/XqQYWUGNFyE
@Swabianarrow
thanks for uploading that song, I love it ;)
@75spartan
Wonderful Song, wonderful Artist , shame though she`s early unknown
@olstykkemaffer
shes my dads cousin!!! :)