Love Look Over Me

Gerald Brennan—composer, lyricist, pianist, singer

I wanted the song to be terribly, hopelessly sad, but beautiful. A person completely in love, to the point of mental instability, ceaseless longing for the beloved by one who perceives him- or herself as just too unworthy of the prize. The song is a prayer, a crying-out, to Love herself to witness the suffering of the lover.

Love, look over me and sigh.
Love, look over me and cry.

I failed to reach his(her) heart,
It’s too high.
Millions of lonely nights
Have gone by.

I hear you calling
Coming for me at last,
Through starlit air,
But the moon’s in my eyes
And it’s telling me lies –
I’m the only one there.
He(She) won’t come because

I failed to reach his(her) heart,
It’s too high.
I’ll watch the lonely nights
Multiply.

Love, look over me and sigh.
Love, look over me and cry.