ewf's "REASONS". love song? sexy song? sad song? discuss.

[D J 1 3 8]

Great song, no doubt, but what does it mean? I've never quite figured it out. Certain lines are rather depressing, like this:

after the love game has been played
All our illusions were just a parade
And all the reasons start to fade

(Layering Chorus)
LA-LA-LA-ETC
After all our reasons why
All the reasons were a lie
After all the reasons lo-ove was ne'er decide

yet it ends on kind of a happy note, so what's your take?

here's the full lyrics I copied from some website:

Now, I'm craving your body,
is this real
Temperatures rising, I don't want to feel
I'm in the wrong place to be real
Woahh and I'm; longing to love you
just for a night,
Kissing and hugging and holding you tight
Please let me love you
with all my might
Reasons, the reasons that we hear,
The reasons that we fear
our feelings a-won't disappear

Oooh! And- after the love game has been played
All our illusions were just a parade
And all the reasons start to fade

(Layering Chorus)
LA-LA-LA-ETC
After all our reasons why
All the reasons were a lie
After all the reasons lo-ove was ne'er decide

And, longing to love you for one night
Please let me love you with all of my might, baaaaby
OOOHHH, Baby!

Reasons, the reasons that we hear,
The reasons that we fear
our feelings a-won't disappear

Oooh! And after the love games have been played
All our illusions were just a parade
And all the reasons start to fade

And, in the morning when I rise,
no longer feeling hynotized
For no reasons, our reasons, our reasons
have no pri-ii-de

(Layering Chorus)
LA-LA-LA-ETC
After all the reasons why
All of the reasons were a lie
After all the reasons lo-ove was ne'er decide

I can't find the reasons
That my love won't disappear
Can't find the reasons
Why I love you ,my baby, my dear
Can't find the reasons
Wanna love you all night
Can't find the reasons
Gotta squeeze ya, real tight
Can't find the reasons
Baby- yeah,
For my tears
Can't find the reasons
Why I love ya....(fade to black)

[ May 21, 2003, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: DJ 138 ]

[D J 1 3 8]

:rolleyes: I guess nobody's heard this song...

[der geile hund]

Is this new?

[GROOVE VICTIM]

Originally posted by der geile hund:
Is this new? Yep, I heard Roy Davis Jr did the production.

AR15firing.gif

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by GROOVE VICTIM:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by der geile hund:
Is this new? Yep, I heard Roy Davis Jr did the production.

AR15firing.gif </font>[/QUOTE]:D I thought MAW wrote it

[rob gregory]

Peace.

Here's my stab at it: It's about a guy trying to justify lust. He wants the booty, but he's trying to convince himself its more than that, but he can't.

[GROOVE VICTIM]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by GROOVE VICTIM:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by der geile hund:
Is this new? Yep, I heard Roy Davis Jr did the production.

AR15firing.gif </font>[/QUOTE]:D I thought MAW wrote it </font>[/QUOTE]There was a rumor going around that Phillip Bailey and The White Brothers stated that the MAW remix of "Can't Hide Love" was horrible. They've been checkin out some of Peven Everett's work and decided to go with Roy Davis Jr.


Peace

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by PhoreAyem:
Peace.

Here's my stab at it: It's about a guy trying to justify lust. He wants the booty, but he's trying to convince himself its more than that, but he can't. Interesting. And I think you may be right. I suppose that would make it kind of a sad song. Sad because he realizes there's nothing moe than lust going on. And lust, as we all know, is fleeting.

[12th house]

interesting post. i have wondered about this song as well. another that i can't quite decipher is georg levin's "when i'm with you" (subject of another post perhaps)

PhoreAyem's take on it sounds very plausible to me... I also think it might be about a man who loves a woman but can't admit it and it's easier just to keep it physical. there are no "reasons" for why he loves her, he just does, but he doesn't want to accept the consequences of admitting his love...so it's always "just for tonight" and in the morning, the "reasons start to fade" because he's fulfilled his need for her...for now.

"The reasons that we fear
our feelings a-won't disappear"

on second thought, maybe it is what PhoreAyem is saying! that seems a lot easier and cut to the point.

[%seRge%]

I love the extended live version of Reasons where Philip Bailey and the sax player are going back and forth.

[rob gregory]

Originally posted by %seRge%:
I love the extended live version of Reasons where Philip Bailey and the sax player are going back and forth. Word. That version is becoming the new standard.

[GROOVE VICTIM]

Originally posted by %seRge%:
I love the extended live version of Reasons where Philip Bailey and the sax player are going back and forth. Yeah the live version is the only version of this song I play. Plus remember it got bootlegged (I think it was a bootleg) a couple of years back.

Peace

[alltalk]

can anyone tell me whther this was actually re-released (or released at all) with new mix(es) recently? :rolleyes:

a friend keeps tellin me i gotta get it, but i haven't seen it anywhere. i think he has the boot from 2 yrs back...

thanks smile.gif