Tag: iheldyouonce
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I Held You Once
The story A man’s extraordinary gift earns him a chance to reclaim his lost beloved, but she decides to stay in the shadows, and he won’t cancel his flight. The philosophy This is my love song for India where I lived once, but this song also occupies the reverse side of the Orpheus myth, turning…
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Journey to “I Held You Once”
Landside The taxi coupon already paid, forty rupees folded into the driver’s visor anyway because some transactions end with a tip and this one ends with a year, the window down, the driver saying something about the traffic at Andheri that the radio was also saying, while the August heat was pressing against the car,…
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Lyrics to “I Held You Once”
I held you onceWhen you had told me onceYou will soon say goodbyeThat you will not be mine“Don’t count on meDon’t wait for me to bethere to take care of youTo make your dreams come true”I won’t catch my next flightIf you change your mindPlease change your mindI’ll drop all and stay the nightIf you…
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About “I Held You Once”
The idea for “I Held You Once” came from my time in India. I lived and worked there for a little over a year, on assignment that was meant to last two. The pollution cut it short and sent me back to Finland, but the country itself I loved without reservation. In 2010 Mumbai was…