This song has an unusual story behind it. It started as a standard love song, but it took a metaphorical turn after I wrote the line: “Like Milton’s Lucifer, my hell is never knowing your love.”

I decided to rework the tune as a love song from the fallen angel to God, with double-entendres in the lines “There will be no one but you” and “I can never make it up to you.” The mentions of stars also took on new meaning, as the angels were identified with stars in early Jewish religion, with Lucifer as the fallen “morning star.”

I also consider No One to be one of the more beautiful pieces I’ve written, particularly in the denouement. I hope you enjoy it.