Paul Mauriat (Marseille, 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006 in Perpignan) was a… Read Full Bio ↴Paul Mauriat (Marseille, 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006 in Perpignan) was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. Mauriat grew up in Marseilles and began leading his own band during the Second World War. In the 1950s he became musical director to at least two well-known French singers, Charles Aznavour and Maurice Chevalier, touring with them respectively. Mauriat composed the music for several French soundtracks (also released on Bel-Air) including Un Taxi Pour Tobrouk (1961), Horace 62 (1962) and Faites Sauter La Banque (1964). Many of Mauriat's recordings are recompositions of other composers' songs and music. Mauriat relied heavily on strings and synthesiser to create interesting music. The arrangements are usually very bright and busy with sensible use of the percussive section to deliver a grand style of performance. In his 70s and 80s live concerts, Mauriat often used singers to provide backing for numbers such as Penelope, Love is Blue and the World Melody section he arranged for his 1980 and 1982 concerts.

Saving All My Love For You
Paul Mauriat Lyrics

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Ryan Adams
Follow The Lights
My Love For You Is Real
My love for you is real
It moves like the summer wind
My love for you is long
It's like the night sky, ain't got no end

My love for you is wide
Yeah, it move like the summer breeze
My love for you is long
Yeah, it bring me to my knees

Yeah, and it's wide
Yeah, it's river long
Yeah, it's rock strong
Yeah, I'm wild as hell
Honey now, my love for you is real

My love for you is wild
So cross your T's and dot you eyes
Well, who taught us how to feel
And say hello with long goodbyes

And it's wide
River long
Yeah, and it's rock strong
Yeah, I'm wild as hell
Honey now, my love for you is real
My love for you is real
My love for you is real
My love for you is real
Yeah, it's real

(alternate verse)
My love for you will pass
But you'll own me anyway

And you can sort me out
And search grave by grave

Overall Meaning

These lyrics from Ryan Adams' song "My Love For You Is Real" speak of the intensity and depth of the singer's love for someone. He describes his love as being like the wind and the sky, which have no limits. He also characterizes it as wild, an untamed force that brings him to his knees. The repetition of the lines "And it's wide / River long / Yeah, and it's rock strong" emphasizes the uncontainable quality of his love.

The second verse of the song seems to be a reflection on the nature of love itself, questioning who taught us how to feel such intense emotions and why we tend to say goodbye with such reluctance. The final verse is somewhat more ambiguous, with the singer appearing to suggest that his love will eventually end, but that his beloved will still have power over him even after that time has passed. In this sense, the song could be seen as a meditation on the fleeting nature of love.

Line by Line Meaning

My love for you is wide
The scope of my love for you is all-encompassing

Yeah, it move like the summer breeze
The flow of my love for you is gentle and effortless

My love for you is long
The duration of my love for you is eternal

Yeah, it bring me to my knees
My love for you has a profound effect on me

And it's wide
My love for you is expansive

River long
My love for you is never-ending

Yeah, and it's rock strong
My love for you is unbreakable

Yeah, I'm wild as hell
My love for you is passionate and intense

Honey now, my love for you is real
My love for you is genuine

My love for you is wild
My love for you is untamed

So cross your T's and dot you eyes
Be thorough and attentive in our relationship