No One Knows

Album: East (2016)
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  • Justin Rutledge co-wrote this tune with fellow Canadian singer-songwriter and friend, Jadea Kelly, while they were hanging out one night.

    In our interview with Rutledge, he explained why he thinks "no one knows how to fall in love" is not a pessimistic but hopeful lyric. "I think it's totally natural," he said. "I think it's just stating a fact. It's not a pragmatic, logical thing to do. … It's not a flaw. There's some soulness in that. It's not something that we know how to do. It's something that's innate and it's something that comes to you. It's something that your body tells you."

    He continued, "I don't mean it as a direct statement like, 'No!' I don't mean it to say that. There's a tone in it. It's not [cynically], 'No one knows how to fall in love.' It's [optimistically], 'No one knows how to fall in love.' [Laughs]

    'No one chose to be part of a love.' You don't choose it. It's not a decision that you make."

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