This flavor is amplified throughout the song by a growing string arrangement. Stranger it feels, yeah Now that your rose is in bloom, A light hits the gloom on the grey. Kiss From A Rose Sealhenri Samuel There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea You became the light on the dark side of me Love remained a drug thats. That's probably in part because of the instruments themselves: the piano tends to carry a lot of emotional weight in a popular context, especially in the era of R&B in which this song lies meanwhile, the oboe is a very rare sound in the pop sphere, and as such it evokes an orchestral flavor that carries significant weight despite the sound's lightness. I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey. The subsequent introduction of the first instruments feels like a sweeping change, even though it occurs just eleven seconds into the song. When the three-part singing is supplemented by a fourth part, all the feelings from the first few seconds become even stronger. My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen. In 2015, Seal provided verified commentary on the 'Kiss from a Rose' entry on the website Genius, stating simply: 'I have avoided explaining these lyrics for over 25 years. As I've discussed before with "Killing Me Softly With His Song", it takes serious guts to begin a track in such a manner, so exposed and potentially fragile - though Seal's delivery imbues a sense of confidence in the force behind it. The song's cryptic lyrics have been the subject of debate since its release. I'm always struck by the starkness of how "Kiss from a Rose" begins, with Seal singing three-part acapella harmony.
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