Author: Amanda London

And So It Goes

“And So It Goes” by Billy Joel 

The Piano Man may look like your average Joe, but he’s also one of the best-selling musicians in industry history. You have to believe that reality has attributed to his impressive dating history, which features the...

No One Dies From Love

“No One Dies From Love” by Tove Lo

According to the lyrics, “no one dies from love” is a popular adage. It may not literally be so, but what Tove Lo is obviously alluding to is the widely-understood fact that having your heart...

Another Day

“Another Day” by Michele Morrone

Michele Morrone’s “Another Day” is one of the many songs featured on the 2022 film “365 Days: This Day“. Whereas most of them, as with the film itself, are romance-oriented, none are particularly easy to...

My Girl

“My Girl” by Oskar Cyms

“My Girl” is written and rendered by Polish artists, who presumably did not grow up with English being their first language. That may explain why parts of the song seems to have continuity issues. That is...

365 Days

“365 Days” by EMO & Marissa

Honestly, EMO and Marissa’s “365 Days” isn’t the easiest love song to understand. On top of being imbued with a number of poetic metaphors, this looks like a case where English may not necessarily be...

Love Story

“Love Story” by Indila

Singers from some non-English parts of Europe seem to do things a bit differently than what some of us oriented in the mainstream West may be used to. For instance, their love songs sometimes require...

Like I Want You

“Like I Want You” by Giveon

The addressee of Giveon’s “Like I Want You” is his ex. And it is one of those situations in which, most notably, he still has feelings for her and is more or less trying to...

It Is What It Is

“It Is What It Is” by Jamie Miller

Jamie Miller described “It Is What It Is” as one which is intended to encourage his fans during dark times they may respectively endure. But more specifically, what he is actually speaking to is a failed romantic relationship....