"I was trying to put the set list for the upcoming tour together, and I thought, 'It would be nice to go from "Royal Station 4/16" to "Will You Still Love Me," because it's the same kind of progression and feeling. 'Will You Still Love Me' is one that I wrote after working with David Cole; I realized, 'I'm going to write a song completely from my soul.' I just went right inside and said, 'Yeah, this being in love is great, but what happens on the days that I'm not up to it?' I use the metaphor of 'the crowd screams for more,' I'm in the circus and I'm performing, but what about the days when I just can't? Will you still love me?" - Melissa Etheridge
The sky is too high To paint tonight The wind is too strong To hold onto I'd climb on your roof And call out your name But somebody stole my silver shoes Now the show must go on and on and on
Will you still love me anyway Will you still need me when you're victorious Will you still want me when I've nothing to say Will you still love me anyway
I am in the big top On the live wire Under the gun Over the fire I'd swing up so high Like a swan I would dive But someone took my net and then they buried me alive And the crowd screams for more encore encore
Oh I, I need to know why Does a love die What becomes a lie When does it begin Tell me how's it end When you're carved into my skin