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SONG ANALYSIS

Song Title : “When I Need You”

Album : Endless Fight
Songwriter(s) : Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager
Released : February 1977
Genre : Soft Rock

Single by Leo Slayer

Lyric

[Song Title]
When I Need You

[Verse 1]

When I need you

I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so wanna give you
It's only a heartbeat away

When I need love

I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day

[Pre-Chorus]
Miles and miles of empty space in between us
The telephone can't take the place of your smile
But you know I won't be travelin' forever
It's cold out but hold out and do I like I do
[Chorus]
When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so wanna give you babe
It's only a heartbeat away

It's not easy when the road is your driver

Honey that's a heavy load that we bear
But you know I won't be traveling a lifetime
It's cold out but hold out and do like I do

Oh, I need you

[Verse 2]
When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day

When I need you

Just close my eyes
And you're right here by my side
Keeping me warm night and day
[Coda]
I just hold out my hands
I just hold out my hand
And I'm with you darlin'
Yes, I'm with you darlin'
All I wanna give you
It's only a heartbeat away

Oh I need you darling

Social Function : This song delivered some message about love. The writers want to tell us
about someone feeling when he was falling in love. The songs reflects the culture and moral
value of society in 1977 when someone falling in love in that time. How the writer describe
the feeling, the rhytm, the melody, all of part of the songs describe the feeling of falling in
love so much.

Language Features :
Alliteration Assonance Consonance Hyperbole Imagery Imperative Voice

Irony Metapor