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<h1><img src="https://i.imgur.com/uF6tH2D.jpg"></h1><h1><br></h1><h1>I Know You By Heart</h1><p><img src="https://evacassidy.org/wp-content/uploads/ebhcover.jpg" alt="Cover of the album Eva By Heart" height="150" width="150"></p><blockquote>You’re still here beside me every day</blockquote><blockquote>‘Cause I know you by heart…</blockquote><p>Some songs are universal, some are personal, and a very special few are both at the same time. “I Know You By Heart” is one of those magical songs, a valentine of love and loss. Without any specific reference to gender or age, it could be about any close relationship, that might have ended in a variety of ways.</p><p>“I Know You By Heart” was written by Diane Scanlon and Eve Nelson. Eva Cassidy recorded it at Chris Biondo’s studio, where her brother Dan later added a violin solo, only a few weeks before Eva’s death. The song was used as the opening track of the album EVA BY HEART, and it was later chosen to be part of the anthology album SONGBIRD, which has earned a gold record in the United States, among other honors. In 2011, the album SIMPLY EVA closes with Eva singing the song without accompaniment.</p><p>Webmaster Laura Bligh spoke with several of the people involved in “I Know You By Heart” in 2002:</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://evacassidy.org/wp-content/uploads/dianescanlon.jpg" alt="Photo" height="188" width="150"></p><h2><a href="http://www.artemisproject.com/diane/main.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diane Scanlon, Lyricist</a></h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Question: How did you come to write “I Know You By Heart”? The song is so emotionally intense — was it written with a special, personal loss in mind?</p><p>Diane Scanlon: I wrote “I Know You By Heart” at a time of great loss in my life. My father was dying and we were in a long process of pulling him off life support, so I spent a lot of quiet time in my father’s hospital room by his side with my mother. It was also a time in my life where my own relationship with my partner was in trouble and I felt as though I was losing a lot. I was writing not only from the place of losing a lover but also watching my mom lose a relationship through death. These two events made me realize the importance of finding love in one’s life and, even more importantly, being conscious of time spent with the people you love.</p>