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Brenda Russell – Piano In The Dark lyrics
When I find myself watching the time
I never think about all the funny things you said
I feel like it's dead
Where is it leading me now

I turn around in the still of the room
Knowing this is when I'm gonna make my move
Can't wait any longer
And I'm feeling stronger but oh

Just as I walk through the door
I can feel your emotion
It's pullin' me back
Back to love you

I know I'm caught up in the middle
I cry just a little
When I think of letting go
Oh no, gave up on the riddle
I cry just a little
When he plays piano in the dark

He holds me close like a thief of the
heart
He plays a melody
Born to tear me all apart
The silence is broken
And no words are spoken but oh

Just as I walk through the door
I can feel your emotion
It's pullin' me back
Back to love you

I know I'm caught up in the middle
I cry just a little
When I think of letting go
Oh no, gave up on the riddle
I cry just a little
When he plays piano in the dark

The silence is broken
And no words are spoken but oh

Just as I walk through the door
I can feel your emotion
It's pullin' me back
Back to love you

I know I'm caught up in the middle
I cry just a little
When I think of letting go
Oh no, gave up on the riddle
I cry just a little
When he plays piano in the dark

Oh..i cry,i cry..
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Songwriters: Brenda Russell, Jeff Hull, Scott Cutler
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    Addressing comment made march 20, 2: 37am. I totally agree with you. As I read through the lyrics and the other posts, I could see where each of you were coming from. But, there was just something missing. I couldn't get to the emotional connection of this song. As I read through your post, it hit me like a ton of bricks! She's still in love but trying to deny it. This so she can survive the pain of a broken releationship and try to move on. Though he has another woman on the side that he feels great passion for, he still has a strong emotional attachment which gives the first woman hope their relationship can be salvaged. Then he's gone again. The feelings of love die again, along with a little piece of her.
    I may be reading into this a bit. I'm still healing myself after breaking up with my wife of 23 years. In the end, it was her playing the piano in the dark and me trying to hold on to. Nothing.
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    A three way relationship her him and another. When they are together they have fun and she feels alive but she feels so empty now alone waiting knowing he is being drawn back to another. She knows she is ot a person who can be in a 3 way she cry only little when thinks of letting go. Caught in the middle. S** is the piano he plays in the dark. Silence is broken because they both know that this can't go on he in love with the other but he dose care deeply for her. , that emotion pulls her back to love him. Piano in the dark are also the unspoken emotion. Things have changed they both know it. So she moving on and crys just a little.
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    I think while playing the piano in the dark she trying to forget that man but she can’t., She trying to move on but he always remember him. A really hard feeling and I realized that I thought I’ve move on but I still have a feelings for him even though we have our own family now.,
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    This song is about a woman loving a man with all her heart and has a deep connection. Her mind has made up a certain prefect man and she knows he's capable of giving her that love but he needs a few corrections. And she can not leave him because of that good connection and her knowing that he loves her unconditionally too.
    Its like sometimes she gets the feeling to leave but its all keeping her from making that decision. She knows that it wont be the right one. Sometimes you make a kind of image about what your love life should be like but what you really need is someone who cares truly about you and will sacrifice everything for you.
    When you have that for someone knowing that he has it too, you can't leave! And you can't do them wrong!
    You are meant to be and you have to make it world by working it out together.
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    She's the piano he plays in the dark. For whatever the reason, the emotional relationship is on the brink. Even though, the physical one still has a lot of power over her. They know each others bodies and that is what is being used to keep her there. She knows that she needs to leave the relationship.
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    I picture her walking into a large room lit up by dusk falling, and the room is rapidly darkening. In the middle of the room is a beautiful piano, with a man seated at it. This man loves her very much, but he senses that she no longer loves him, so he is using the only way he feels he has left to reach her - his music. He can't bar the thought of living without her. She has already decided that the relationship is over, and had gathered the courage to end it. As she walks towards him, he starts to play a song on the piano, one that had very special meaning to them, perhaps that they first made love to as it played in the background. The beautiful music is pulling her back, making her remember when she loved him. It works, and she stays with him, just a little longer, caught up in the middle.
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    The relationship is over. She still loves him but doesn't want to leave even though she knows it's time.
    She hopes he will start to love her again. But, instead of coming to her at night he sits and plays the piano.
    It really doesn't matter what he plays, it's born to tear her apart (push her away by withholding his love).

    The riddle is her trying to figure out why he's acting this way.
    Ex. Why is he playing the piano instead of talking to me, spending time with me, what did I do, why isn't he talking to me, is he seeing someone else, etc.
    She's given up trying to figure it out and just wants out, but needs the strength to accept that it's over.
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    The relationship is over. She still loves him but does want to leave even though she knows it's time. She hopes he will start to love her again. But, instead of coming to her at night he sits and plays the piano. It really doesn't matter what he plays, it's born to tear her apart (push her away by withholding his love).
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    I’ve listened to this song for years. The top comment here is right: it’s about a physical release maybe literally from a handsy seduction technique so intense there are tears. There is a love triangle involved and she’s trying to leave her lover who plays her like a piano, but can’t. She’s stuck every time she tries to leave. She can feel the emotion which could be the impression he makes on her. She’s been trying to figure out what it is that makes it impossible to leave him and realizes it’s the atmosphere in the room (the music) when he makes love to her.
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