Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

 

Love Lyrics


Ilene Woods and Mike Douglas, "So This Is Love," Cinderella (1950)


Cinderella:
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
So this is love, mmmmmm
So this is love
So this is what makes life divine
I'm all aglow, mmmmmm
And now I know

Prince Charming:
And now I know

Cinderella and Prince Charming:
The key to all heaven is mine

Cinderella:
My heart has wings, mmmmmm
and I can fly

Cinderella and Prince Charming:
I'll touch every star in the sky
So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of

Cinderella: Mmmmmm
Prince Charming: Mmmmmm
Cinderella and Prince Charming: So this is love



Tony Orlando and Dawn, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon round the Ole Oak Tree," Tie a Yellow Ribbon (1973)


I'm comin' home; I've done my time.
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine.
If you received my letter tellin' you I'd soon be free,
Then you'll know just what to do if you still want me.
If you still want me,

Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree.
It's been three long years.

Do you still want me? (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree,
I'll stay on the bus,

Forget about us,

Put the blame on me,
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree.

Bus driver, please look for me
'Cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see.
I'm really still in prison, and my love, she holds the key.
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free.
I wrote and told her please:

Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree.
It's been three long years.

Do you still want me? (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree,
I'll stay on the bus,

Forget about us,

Put the blame on me,
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree.

Now the whole damn bus is cheering,

And I can't believe I see,
A hundred yellow ribbons round the ole oak tree.
I'm comin' home!

(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)

(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)

(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon round the old oak tree)


Lyrics by Irwin Levine and Larry Brown


The Corrs, "Runaway," Forgiven, Not Forgotten (1995)


Say it's true
There's nothing like me and you
I'm not alone
Tell me you feel it too

And I would run away
I would run away, yeah yeah
I would run away
I would run away with you

Because I, have fallen in love with you
No, never, I'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you

Close the door
Lay down upon the floor
And by candlelight
Make love to me through the night

Cause I have run away
I have run away, yeah yeah
I have run away, run away,run away
I have run away with you

Because I, have fallen in love with you
No, never, I'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you

And I would run away
I would run away, yeah yeah
I would run away
I would run away with you

Because I, have fallen in love with you
No, never, i'm never gonna stop
Falling in love with you

With you, my love
With you

Runaway yeah, runaway yeah
Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway
Runaway yeah, runaway yeah, runaway, runaway, runaway yeah...
With.....you.......

Lyrics by Andrea Corr, Sharon Corr and Caroline Corr


Backstreet Boys, "Shape of My Heart," Black and Blue (2000)


Hmm, yeah, yeah
Baby, please try to forgive me
Stay here don't put out the glow
Hold me now don't bother if every minute it makes me weaker
You can save me from the man that I've become, oh yeah

Lookin' back on the things I've done
I was tryin' to be someone
I played my part, kept you in the dark
Now let me show you the shape of my heart

Sadness is beautiful loneliness that's tragical
So help me I can't win this war, oh no
Touch me now don't bother if every second it makes me weaker
You can save me from the man I've become

Lookin' back on the things I've done
I was tryin' to be someone
I played my part, kept you in the dark
Now let me show you the shape of my heart

Lyrics by  Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, and Lisa Miskovsky


Björk, "Pagan Poetry," Vespertine (2001)

Pedaling through
The dark currents
I find
An accurate copy
A blueprint
Of the pleasure
In me

(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)
A secret code carved
A secret code carved
(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)

He offers
A handshake
Crooked
Five fingers
They form a pattern
Yet to be matched

On the surface simplicity
(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)
But the darkest pit in me
And it's Pagan poetry
(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)
Pagan poetry

Morse coding signals (signals)
They pulsate (wake me up)
And wake me up
(Pulsate) From my hibernating

On the surface simplicity
(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)
But the darkest pit in me
And it's Pagan poetry
(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)
Pagan poetry

(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)
(Swirling black lilies totally ripe)

I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
She loves him, she loves him

This time
(She loves him, she loves him)
I'm gonna keep it to myself
(She loves him, she loves him)
(She loves him, she loves him)
This time
I'm gonna keep me all to myself
(She loves him, she loves him)
And he makes me want to hurt myself again
(She loves him, she loves him)
(She loves him, she loves him)
And he makes my want to hand myself over
(She loves him, she loves him)
(She loves him, she loves him)
(She loves him, she loves him)
(She loves him, she loves him)


Lyrics by Björk



Bon Iver, "Skinny Love," For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)


come on skinny love just last the year
pour a little salt we were never here
my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

I tell my love to wreck it all
cut out all the ropes and let me fall
my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
right in the moment this order’s tall

I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
in the morning I’ll be with you
but it will be a different “kind”
I’ll be holding all the tickets
and you’ll be owning all the fines

come on skinny love what happened here
suckle on the hope in light brassiere
my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
sullen load is full; so slow on the split

I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
now all your love is wasted?
then who the hell was I?
now I’m breaking at the britches
and at the end of all your lines
who will love you?
who will fight?
who will fall far behind?

Lyrics


Coldplay, "Strawberry Swing," Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)


They were sitting
They were sitting on the strawberry swing
Every moment was so precious

They were sitting
They were talking under strawberry swing
Everybody was for fighting
Wouldn't want to waste a thing

Cold, cold water bring me round
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Cold, cold water what you say?
When it's such, it's such a perfect day
Such a perfect day

I remember we were walking up to strawberry swing
I can't wait until the morning
Wouldn't want to change a thing

People moving all the time
Inside a perfectly straight line
Don't you wanna just curve away?
When it's such, it's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

Ah-ah-ah-ah-iiiiii
Now the sky could be blue I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time
Could be blue I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time
Now the sky could be blue could be grey
Without you I'm just miles away
Oh the sky could be blue I don't mind
Without you it's a waste of time


Lyrics
"Strawberry Swing," Coldplay


Plain White T's, "1, 2, 3, 4," Big Bad World (2008)


1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4

Givin' me more love than I have ever had
Make it all better when I'm feelin' sad
Tell me that I'm special even when I know I'm not

Make it feel good when I hurt so bad
Barely gettin' mad, I'm so glad I found you
I love bein' around you
You make it easy
As easy as 1, 2 (1, 2, 3, 4)

There's only one thing to do
Three words for you
I love you
There's only one way to say
Those three words and that's what I'll do
I love you

Givin' me more love from the very start
Piece me back together when I fall apart
Tell me things you never even tell your closest friends

Make it feel good when I hurt so bad
Best that I've had, I'm so glad I found you
I love bein' around you
You make it easy, as easy as 1, 2 (1, 2, 3, 4)

There's only one thing to do
Three words for you
I love you
There's only one way to say
Those three words and that's what I'll do
I love you
(I love) I love you

You make it easy, as easy as 1, 2 (1, 2, 3, 4)

There's only one thing to do
Three words for you
I love you
There's only one way to say
Those three words and that's what I'll do
I love you

(I love) I love you
1, 2, 3, 4
(I love) I love you
(I love) I love you



Arctic Monkeys, "Cornerstone," Humbug (2009)


I thought I saw you in The Battleship but it was only a look alike
She was nothing but a vision trick under the warning light
She was close, close enough to be your ghost
But my chances turned to toast when I asked her if I could call her your name

I thought I saw you in The Rusty Hook, huddled up in a wicker chair
I wandered over for a closer look and kissed whoever was sitting there
She was close and she held me very tightly until I asked awfully politely
"Please, can I call you her name?"

And I elongated my lift home
Yeah I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seat belt and kept my short cuts to myself

I thought I saw you in The Parrot's Beak messing with the smoke alarm
It was too loud for me to hear her speak and she had a broken arm
It was close, so close that the walls were wet
And she wrote it out in Letraset
"No, you can't call me her name"

Tell me where's your hiding place
I'm worried I'll forget your face
And I've asked everyone
I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along

I elongated my lift home
Yeah I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seat belt and kept my short cuts to myself

I saw your sister in The Cornerstone on the phone to the middle man
When I saw that she was on her own I thought she might understand
She was close, well you couldn't get much closer
She said, "I'm really not supposed to, but, yes, you can call me anything you want"



Christina Perri, "A Thousand Years," Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (2011)


Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid
To fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died every day
waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

Time stands still
beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything
Take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath,
Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died every day
Waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

And all along I believed
I would find you
Time has brought
Your heart to me
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

One step closer
One step closer

I have died every day
Waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid,
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more

And all along I believed
I would find you
Time has brought
Your heart to me
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more


Taylor Swift, "The Last Time" featuring Gary Lightbody, Red (2012)


Find myself at your door,
Just like all those times before,
I'm not sure how I got there,
All roads they lead me here

I imagine you are home,
In your room, all alone,
And you open your eyes into mine,
And everything feels better,

Right before your eyes,
I'm breaking, no past
No reasons why,
Just you and me

This is the last time I'm asking you this,
Put my name at the top of your list,
This is the last time I'm asking you why,
You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye

You find yourself at my door,
Just like all those times before,
You wear your best apology,
But I was there to watch you leave,

And all the times I let you in,
Just for you to go again,
Disappear when you come back,
Everything is better

Right before your eyes,
I'm aching, no past
Nowhere to hide,
Just you and me

This is the last time I'm asking you this,
Put my name at the top of your list,
This is the last time I'm asking you why,
You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye

This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong,
This is the last time I say it's been you all along,
This is the last time I let you in my door,
This is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore

Oh, oh, oh,

This is the last time I'm asking you this,
Put my name at the top of your list,
This is the last time I'm asking you why,
You break my heart in the blink of an eye

This is the last time I'm asking you this (this is the last time I'm asking you this)
Put my name at the top of your list (put my name on the top of your list)
This is the last time I'm asking you why (this is the last time I'm asking you why)
You break my heart in the blink of an eye (You break my heart)

This is the last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you this

This is the last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you this

This is the last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you this

This is the last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you this



Rixton, "Hotel Ceiling," Let the Road (2015)


I can see it coming round full circle my friend.
On the TV they said they had reported you dead.
It was my fault 'cause I could've sworn that you said.
It was easy to find another for your bed.

How does it feel to leave me this way,
When all that you have's been lost in a day?
Everyone knows, but not what to say.
I've been wonderin' now.

I've been staring at the hotel ceiling,
Drinking everything I've found this evening,
Trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely.
Start to see this, everyone I know cannot believe this.
I'm trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely now.

When my eyes open morning pulls me into the view, no
I guess I'm only acting in the way that you do.
Just being alone, no.
Only time tells me more than I hope, all that I know is
I'll be finding a fortnight alone and behold.
I know I shouldn't have let you go.

I've been staring at the hotel ceiling,
Drinking everything I've found this evening,
Trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely.
Start to see this, everyone I know cannot believe this.
I'm trying to hold on to the sweetest feeling,
So I'll never let you go, don't you leave me lonely now.

I can see it coming round full circle, my friend.
On the TV they said they had reported you dead.



Halsey, "Colors," Badlands (2015)


Your little brother never tells you but he loves you so
You said your mother only smiled on her TV show
You're only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope
I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink

Everything is blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
It makes me blue
It makes me blue

Everything is grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
And he's blue
And he's blue

You were a vision in the morning when the light came through
I know I've only felt religion when I've lied with you
You said you'll never be forgiven 'til your boys are too
And I'm still waking every morning but it's not with you

You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink

Everything is blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
It makes me blue
It makes me blue

Everything is grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
And he's blue
And he's blue

Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue

You were red and you liked me because I was blue
You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky
And you decided purple just wasn't for you

Everything is blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
It makes me blue
It makes me blue

Everything is grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
And he's blue
And he's blue

Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue



Ellie Goulding, "Love Me Like You Do," Delirium (2015)


You're the light, you're the night
You're the colour of my blood
You're the cure, you're the pain
You're the only thing I wanna touch
Never knew that it could mean so much, so much

You're the fear, I don't care
Cause I've never been so high
Follow me through the dark
Let me take you past our satellites
You can see the world you brought to life, to life

So love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?

Fading in, fading out
On the edge of paradise
Every inch of your skin is a holy grail I've got to find
Only you can set my heart on fire, on fire

I'll let you set the pace
Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head's spinning around
I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?

Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?

Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?

I'll let you set the pace
Cause I'm not thinking straight
My head spinning around
I can't see clear no more
What are you waiting for?

Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?

Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?


Lyrics by Ilya Salmanzadeh, Tove Lo, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin

 


 

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