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Girl Behind The Window
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For piano and voice, this haunting song to his girl, reflects upon the depth, darkness, subtlety and mystery for which the songwriter craves.
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Adam Rosenthal, composer, pianist, keyboard player, poet, lyricist, dreamer, lover of life.
Love songs: sweet, emotional, raw, energetic, adoring, fiery. From melodic and lyrical, laid-back acoustic piano to orchestrated to rhythmically primitive indie rock. Each intended as an aesthetic celebration of love, its different phases, from yearning to fulfillment. My instrumental music is an expression of my love of beauty. It is intended to fill the listener with a sense of appreciation for what is beautiful to awaken in the listener a greater awareness of the beauty in themselves, and in others, as well as the beauty in the natural, the spiritual, and the Divine. Some to make you feel, some to make you move. My history: Two years of classical piano lessons between ages seven and nine from an old man who lovingly called me Professor. Years of listening to my mother playing jazzy tunes and my father playing everything from Chopin to a beautiful song he wrote, “A storm is a wild thing.” Started writing instrumental songs at age fourteen, playing the same songs over and over again, for hours and hours, then days and weeks, driving my parents completely mad. Started writing lyrics at seventeen songs of love, songs of loss and of longing, lots of others, too. Graduated from Brandeis in ’84 with Honors in Creative Writing. Spent a number of years developing a relationship with pianos, learning how they feel, how they respond to me, to my fingers, what happens to the piano and to me when these two notes are played and held, or these two, or how about these three. Spent some time in Reggae and African music bands in Philadelphia. Formed a band and wrote in , 4/4, 5/4, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 10/8, 11/8, 13/8, 15/8. Fell deeply in love five years ago, just broke up.... have 90 more love songs to record.... Decided to share my music with the world. Here’s my music, and a part of me.
Song Info
Charts
#151 today Peak #35
#45 in subgenre Peak #13
Author
Adam Rosenthal
Rights
2004
Uploaded
November 23, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 3:29
Story behind the song
Leaving her house late at night, I said goodbye, and from the outside of the door, saw her wrapped in the night's shadows, looking out at me. The feeling was mysterious, deep, haunting, and intense. This picture immediately called to mind an image from the depths of my dreamworld, in which she looked out at me through a window, in a house, in a forest. At that moment I realized that she offered me not only the clear bright light of multifaceted beauty which I wanted, but also the depth, wisdom, darkness, subtlety and mystery for which I long and crave. I wrote the song on the six month anniversary of knowing each other. Four years later, I can look back and see that my sense of her has proven correct. She is all that... and more.
Lyrics
You are the girl behind the window of your life Looking out with longing for what yet might be; I remember you from the forest of my dreams... I can't forget that feeling; you bring it out in me. You are the girl behind the window, You are the girl behind the window late at night, You are the wind that's in my willow, The moonlight on my pillow that makes everything right. You are the girl behind the window of my life Standing like a shadow in the dark; If this yearning feeling could bring you to my side, I would yearn forever.... You are the girl behind the window, You are the girl behind the window late at night, You are the wind that's in my willow, The moonlight on my pillow that makes everything right. You are the girl behind the window of our lives; We can see each other but we can not touch Far across the chasm, yet it's only made of glass; You could make my dreams come true if I would only ask. You are the girl behind the window You are the girl behind the window You are my girl behind the window You are my girl behind the window You are my girl behind the window....
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