Thoughts & Motivation Behind The Lyrics and Melody

One of my closest childhood friends turned out to be one of the world’s biggest Elvis fans. He actually developed an act as an Elvis impersonator, and would perform shows on weekends. He also began collecting Elvis memorabilia, and ended up with one of the country‘s largest collections.
 
When we were both in our late 30s, my friend became very ill with cancer, and not long after, he passed away. I was devastated. I thought about him a lot after that, and I remembered how much he loved, and almost lived for, Elvis Presley. I thought about how I cried on the day when my friend died , and how he and all the many millions of Elvis fans throughout the world probably also cried the day that Elvis died, because they loved him so much.
 
That was the inspiration for this song, which is really about the universality of the love for Elvis, and the cross-cultural, world-wide celebration of his time on Earth.

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