This is the first track off of Boston’s self-titled debut album, which describes the emotions that the singer is going through when he hears a particular song that takes him back to his memories of Marianne.
[Verse 1]
I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away
[Chorus]
It's more than a feeling (More than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (More than a feeling)
And I begin dreaming (More than a feeling)
'Til I see Marianne walk away
[Post-Chorus]
I see my Marianne walkin' away
[Verse 2]
So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
[Chorus]
It's more than a feeling (More than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (More than a feeling)
And I begin dreaming (More than a feeling)
'Til I see Marianne walk away
[Post-Chorus]
I see my Marianne walkin' away
[Instrumental Break 02:30-03:04]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
When I'm tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
And dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
She slipped away
[Chorus]
It's more than a feeling (More than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (More than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (More than a feeling)
'Til I see Marianne walk away
[Instrumental Outro]
More Than a Feeling was written by Tom Scholz.
More Than a Feeling was produced by John Boylan & Tom Scholz.
Boston released More Than a Feeling on Wed Aug 25 1976.
Tom Scholz told Maximum Guitar:
There actually is a Marienne. She wasn’t my girlfriend … when I was a little kid, I think I was maybe eight or nine, I had a much older cousin who I thought was just the most beautiful girl that I’d ever seen.Her name was Marienne.
Epic flat out rejected it and sent...