Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: show-tunes
Song Meaning of “Bill” by Kate Baldwin
The song “Bill” by Kate Baldwin is a tale of an unfulfilled love between two people; a couple who keep crossing paths, but never quite make it work. The song starts off with an understanding of this unrequited love, describing the narrator’s longing for the man she calls Bill. She recounts memories of young love, how things were different when they were younger and still hopeful as the chorus sings “We’ll be together till the end of time.” But in the next verse the tone shifts to resignation as the narrator realizes that maybe that’s not meant to be. Even with that, her love for Bill is still strong, and even though they don’t have each other anymore she wishes him all the happiness he can find. The narrator acknowledges that she may have been too clingy, too much to handle, yet she still has hope that Bill will finally come back to her. The song is ultimately a bittersweet ode to a love that never fully blossomed, but a reminder that it’s still worth the risk to open yourself up to love again.