How To Write Songs—Stranger In His Kiss by Lori McKenna

Описание: Keppie and Benny perform Lori McKenna's hauntingly gorgeous 'Stranger In His Kiss'.

While talking about great chorus writing, Benny and I started chatting about songs whose chorus shifts its meaning and colour throughout the song, even though the words stay the same. I mentioned the song 'Stranger in His Kiss' by American songwriter Lori McKenna as a gorgeous example of 'recolouring' the chorus. We got our guitars out and had a play through it.

This video is part of a longer one (coming out soon!) all about writing great choruses! Stay tuned :)

LYRICS:

Thanks for meeting me here
I know it's late but I've been up all night
I got the strangest feeling
that my worst fears might be right

Someone said that they saw him with a woman
And she wasn't me
And he's staring off in the distance
And he's talking in his sleep
Talking in his sleep

There's a stranger in his kiss
Tastes like made up stories
Stolen moments and cigarettes
That secret on his lips
Seems so familiar so I'm wondering this:
Could a friend like you be the stranger in his kiss?

Why are you crying?
Look at you, you're falling apart
I would kill you with kindness
If I could only find it in my heart

You were standing right there beside me
When he said to the day he dies
You dug your own grave
When you made that bed and
There you lie
There you lie

There's a stranger in his kiss
Tastes like made up stories
Stolen moments and cigarettes
That secret on his lips
Seems so familiar so I'm wondering this:
How could a friend like you be the stranger in his kiss?

Copyright Info:
Stranger in His Kiss · Lori McKenna
Numbered Doors
℗ 2014 Hoodie Songs
Released on: 2014-09-23

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