Of All Kind

Album: BlackSUMMERS'night (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • Maxwell sings here:

    You're like a cloud in my mind
    You're the highest high of all kind


    Spin asked him if the lyric is a reflection of some of his own personal relationships. He replied: "It deals with a deeper issue of loss, when someone who was once with you is gone - literally not on this Earth. So it's like an homage to so many different people who I looked up to who have passed away. Now, moving on to 43, it's like, 'Wow, people are dying out here,' and you have to love them while you can."

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