Please Forgive Me...Just One Song Today

There is no denying Bryan Adams can write/co-write/sing a great love song. And the ballads..."Heaven," "Everything I Do," "Do I Have To Say The Words," all beautiful, each an anthem to love.

Today we are going to taste one in particular, my favorite ballad by Bryan Adams..."Please Forgive Me."

In an interview with Carl Wiser on Songfacts, Adams said this about the song:

"We needed a song for the greatest hits album, which was entitled "So Far So Good." Mutt Lange came up with the idea for the song and we wrote it while working in France in 1993. it was the first time we had recorded with a whole band in the studio, some of the musicians I'd never worked with before like David Paich on piano. Before this band session, we had recorded the album "Waking Up The Neighbours" instrument by instrument. It was good to be back with a band.

Yes it was one of the first songs I agreed to use a modulation in as I never liked modulations in songs unless you were modulating from verse to chorus like I did on "One Night Love Affair." I don't do the modulation in "Please Forgive Me" when I sing it live."

Take a listen and read the lyrics...

"Please Forgive Me", the song starts by looking back...

"It still feels like our first night together

Feels like the first kiss

It's getting better baby

No one can better this

Still holding on

You're still the one

First time our eyes met

Same feeling I get

Only feels much stronger

I want to love you longer

You still turn the fire on"

A strong chorus starting with reassurance and moving into the real guts of the message.

"So if you're feeling lonely, don't

You're the only one I'll ever want

I only want to make it good

So if I love you, a little more than I should

Please forgive me, I know not what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

Don't deny me, this pain I'm going through

Please forgive me, if I need you like I do

Please believe me, every word I say is true

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you"

Second verse starts with re-enforcing the feelings..

"Still feels like our best times are together

Feels like the first touch

We're still getting closer baby

Can't get close enough

Still holding on

You're still number one"

And here's where it gets real...

"I remember the smell of your skin

I remember everything

I remember all your moves

I remember you yeah

I remember the nights, you know I still do"

I remember the smell of your skin...just the thought of a man thinking back and whispering that line to a woman, well it just knocks my socks off. Seven words with incredible impact.

"So if you're feeling lonely, don't

You're the only one I'll ever want

I only want to make it good

So if I love you a little more than I should

Please forgive me, I know not what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

Don't deny me, this pain I'm going through

Please forgive me, if I need you like I do

Please believe me, every word I say is true

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you"

Strength...

"The one thing I'm sure of

Is the way we make love

The one thing I depend on

Is for us to stay strong

With every word and every breath I'm praying

That's why I'm saying,

Please forgive me, I know not what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you

Don't deny me, this pain I'm going through

Please forgive me, if I need you like I do

Babe believe it, every word I say is true

Please forgive me, if I can't stop loving you

No, believe me, I don't know what I do

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you"

Please forgive me, I can't stop loving you...It's hard to find fault in that line, in that feeling, or in the song. Beautifully written, beautifully sung.