Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: power-pop
Song Meaning of “Where Does Love Go – Live” by Lannie Flowers
Where Does Love Go is a song about heartache and a search for answers. The singer is asking the difficult question of what happens to love when a relationship ends. They feel lost and alone, and can’t make sense of what happened, or why it seems so impossible to recapture the intensity of their former relationship.
The narrator is searching for a way to heal from the heartache, asking themselves deeper questions about the nature of love and how it works, a common theme explored in much of Lannie Flower’s songwriting. The chorus with its powerful lyrics, emphasizes longing for what was lost: “Where does love go when I close my eyes?/Where does love go when I can no longer cry?”
The song appears to move between self-reflection and outwards, focusing on the admiration of nature and its cycles: “Out at the edge of the sky, where the ocean meets the sunrise/And a gold leaf nearly touched the ground”. The narrator uses these images to find solace and deeper understanding. Ultimately, the lyrics suggest that love never really dies but can find a new purpose, with the narrator committing to being open to love again and finding new sources of joy: “And when the last star fades to dawn, I will still carry on / With beauty and grace into a brand-new day”.