"By Our Love" genre: Europop
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	Up-beat "happy sounding" pop song about growing up, finding religion, and abandoning idealism… against the backdrop of enigmatic southern California.
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	Story Behind the Song This song was the inspiration for the working title to my second solo project ("The Lonesome Fire") which of course never happened. At the point when it became clear that I would not be doing a follow up to my 1991 solo effort, I asked two of my former band mates to help me demo out the song for possible inclusion in a "Best Of Crumbächer" collection that the label was rumored to be putting together. A&R decided that they would not be interested in any new material for the upcoming compilation however and released "Time After Time" as the final Crumbächer album in 1992. The demo for "By Our Love" remains one of my favorite songs we ever recorded as a band, in spite of the fact that no one was given the chance to hear it… until now. Lyrics At the edge of California Where the breakers pound the sands When the evening sun calls up the rings of flames In a cozy little corner Huddled close and holding hands A believers circle seeks what it proclaims Fishermen with empty nets Around the lonesome fire Lift their voices singing Singing… By our love, by our love, by our love They’ll know us… by our love On a crest of San Andreas High above the prefab air There’s a young romantic strumming a guitar To impressionistic faces In the warm hypnotic glare Of a blaze that beckons deep into the dark Romeos and Juliets Around the lonesome fire Join their voices singing Singing… By our love, by our love, by our love They’ll know us… by our love Burning firelight Inspiring all we say While passions of the night Drift in to fade away… they fade away I remember silhouettes Around the lonesome fire And all the voices singing They’re still singing… By our love, by our love, by our love They’ll know us… by our love… Music & Lyrics © 1999 by Stephen Crumbächer

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