The title track from Rhiannon Giddens's recent album You're the One—which was just released by Nonesuch Records—is a love song, but not one about two adults; it's about a moment Giddens experienced with her newborn son, pressing her cheek against his and realizing that her world would never be the same again.In this episode I reference a book by Matt BaileyShea called Lines and Lyrics: An Introduction to Poetry and Song. If you're interested in learning more about how words and music relate in pop songs and art songs and everything in between, I'd urge  you check out his book. It's superb, and really accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike.You're the Oneby Rhiannon Giddens (the song was cowritten with Lalenja Harrington)I knew you were the one  Were my one and only And I knew  That you would always know me  Cause you were the one  Who kept me from feeling  So sad and lonely in my life andI never knew  Life could be so wonderful That there could be someone  Who was so beautiful And I never knew  That I could be so free  To love someone like you and I wanna love you forever And I’ll be with you  For worse and for better And I never thought I’d fall  But you’re the one  I thought my life was drawn  In shades of gray and  That washow I would live my everyday and  Aimless no direction foundMy destiny was going through the motions of a life andThen you came along  With your sweet sweet smile and  Then you put your cheek  Right next to mine and  All those shades of gray slowly turned into a  New technicolor world and  I’m gonna love you forever  And I’ll be with you  For worse and for better  And I never thought I’d fall  And I’m gonna love you forever and  I’ll be with you for worse and for better  And I never thought I’d fall  But you’re the one  You’re the one Your smile contains the sunRays of glory  You’re the one

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