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Have you ever studied an atlas and noticed the coastlines of countries If you could push them together through the oceans They'd fit like the right puzzle piece It was November 16 2002 I noticed something like this occur I felt the tectonic plates move beneath me I felt them meet and I felt them merge And when our skin touched the explosion To know that my heart found where it belonged Yeah that night in West London heard the opening chord of a song Well my walking pace was slowed down Caught behind a couple of old timers She was banging on about the Blacks and the Muslims To her husband who has Alzheimer's And with each frail step I noticed him experience the world was new once again Well my sympathy was juxtaposed with my desire to be like him Well the next time I saw him he was sad, alone Confused this time, without his wife And the neighbours say it's awful that poor man Oh hypothermia, it took her in the night And then his house full of photos of a stranger I thought not to remember meant not to feel pain But what he'd lost from his head The love for her it still remained So you can fight your heart but there is no way of winning SongtexteI followed love to the end it brought me back to the beginning Back to when I first kissed you we were just kids them me and you Love is real because I felt it Because I still do Well I sang you a story about a town in the mountains Separated by a one-thousand-foot gorge And this girl lived in the south divide And this boy, well he lived in the north And there was no way to cross from side to side There was no bridge, no primitive swinging device But they saw each other every day They shouted hello, even conversed once or twice And growing up was confusing Adolescence they felt like they never really belonged Until one night he saw her crying by the chasm And called to her to see what was wrong And his concern it warmed her heart It was a January night and she'd get ill if she got any colder And she called to him to tell him that she loved him And oh how she wished he could hold her And the next bit's like magic And I swear to you, that love it is the key Where her tears rolled towards the gorge One by one they began to freeze Until a bridge of ice was formed in the middle Allowing the two lovers to meet Well you told me that my fairytale was over romanticised, And everything about it was trite and cheap For you can fight your heart, but there is no way of winning I followed love to the end, it brought me back to the beginning Back to when I first kissed you, we were just kids then, me and you Love is real, because I felt it Because I still do Well I was full of pills and drowning at the bar I found a hand I think it took me home She was lying there with her arms around me And I never felt more alone Well she asked if I thought I'd dream of her Well the whiskey must have worked because I fell asleep I dreamt my skin was in between your fingers And I dreamt you promised that you'd would never leave Well waking up has never been more painful I was curled up like a child Though if happiness wasn't photographs and memories Maybe I wouldn't want it Is it wrong to want to be where my heart is Is it selfish just like everything else I wasn't singing this for a goddamn audience I was singing this for myself I was singing for my sanity I was singing love, it cannot be erased Because I didn't kiss you for six months But it was still your lips I could taste Well you can fight your heart, but there is no way of winning I followed love to the end, it brought me back to the beginning Back to when I first kissed you, we were just kids then, me and you Love is real, because I felt it Because I still do Oh I still do Here's the ending if you want to hear it You wait to a soft orange glow You pull a jumper over your head and you look out the window And you can't explain why but you head for the stairs That lead to your front door And you know there'll be a silhouette sitting outside on your wall He'll be singing songs about love And you'll wonder how long he has been here And you'll know all the lyrics off by heart Because the truth is, you've known this song for years And every time you get real near the ending Well every time that you think he's gonna stop You get to this bit where he asks you if you love him And if you don't reply, well he'll just go back to the top He'll just go back to the top He'll sing We can fight our hearts, but there is no way of winning We followed love to the end, it brought us back to the beginning Back to when I first kissed you, we were just kids then, me and you Love is real, because we feel it Because we still do Aus Songtexte Mania