Lyrics Analysis - Erick Baker - When Will I Be Loved

I believe that the main background behind this song is heartache, whether it be personal to the singer with a real life experience, or if he is generally just came up with this song. Throughout the song there are a number of lines which suggest this to me including the title of the song "When Will I Be Loved". There could also be another concept behind the song which would be that he hasn't actually had heartbreak, but he feels that he is never going to find someone that will love him how he wants, or just not love him atall.

My crown of roses
Is filled with thorns
And the sleeve where my heart is
Is old and worn
I guess the time of my life
Is running late
And I don't know how much longer
I can wait

The line "and the sleeve where my heart is, is old and worn" suggests to me that the singer has had previous love which has not gone the way that had been intended. Also the following line of "I guess the time of my life is running late" tells me that he feels it is time to settle down with someone, prehaps that he could see himself spending the rest of his life with, and time is moving on and he still hasn't found this special someone which he feels he may never find.

For your phone calls, four walls, at night fall in your bed
So my bruised ears will not hear this one clear thought in my head
When will I be loved

This part is the chorus, i believe this is speaking about a previous love which he is missing, he is thinking about a number of things "for your phone calls, four walls, at night fall in your bed". I believe this is relating back to the time they used to spend together speaking on the phone and also the nights that they would spend together. The tempo of the chorus also changes slighly more lively.

The older I get
The younger I want to be
Why do I fall
So Easily

For me this is a very important verse, this tells me alot about the singers story, the line "the older i get, the younger i want to be" suggests that again because he has nobody by his side, he feels the older he gets the less likely it will be that someone will settle down with him. So if he's younger he has more chance of getting someone. There is also a personal reference in this verse with him refering to himself saying "Why do i fall so easily" giving the impression people have let him down to what he thought was going to happen.

For your phone calls, four walls, at night fall in your bed
Now my bruised ears can just hear this one clear thought in my head
When will I be loved
When will I be loved

Another repeat of the chorus with an extra line at the end for me emphasising the importance of him questioning himself about when will he be loved and find the right person.

Let's dance in the dust
Of another one of our days
I hope that tomorrow
I will find a way
I'll find a way

This seems to be the most up tempo of all of the verses, giving us the impression that he has found hope in himself supported with the line "I will find a way, i'll find a way". With the reference to "another one of our days" tells me that they spent prehaps alot of time together and thats why the heartache has been quite alot to deal with.

To your phone calls, four walls, at night fall in your bed
Now my bruised ears can just hear this one clear thought in my head
When will I be loved

After the upbeat verse previously, it again slows right down to give the full effect of what the chorus is trying to explain to the audience. It gives me the impression that although he is begining to think alot more positvely about what he can do for himself and what he's going to do in the future, he keeps coming back to the thoughts about this figure that played an important role in his life. but he cant quite shake the feeling of heartache.