Album: Falling Into You (1996)

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• There were nights when the wind was so cold
  That my body froze in bed if I just listened to it
  Right outside the window
  
  There were days when the sun was so cruel
  That all the tears turned to dust
  And I just knew my eyes were drying up forever (forever)
  
  I finished crying in the instant that you left
  And I can't remember where or when or how
  And I banished every memory you and I had ever made
  
  But when you touch me like this
  And you hold me like that
  I just have to admit
  That it's all coming back to me
  When I touch you like this
  And I hold you like that
  It's so hard to believe but it's all coming back to me
  It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now
  
  There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light
  There were things I'd never do again
  But then they'd always seemed right
  There were nights of endless pleasure
  It was more than any laws allow
  Baby, baby
  
  If I kiss you like this
  And if you whisper like that
  It was lost long ago but it's all coming back to me
  If you want me like this
  And if you need me like that
  It was dead long ago but it's all coming back to me
  It's so hard to resist and it's all coming back to me
  I can barely recall
  But it's all coming back to me now
  But it's all coming back
  
  There were those empty threats and hollow lies
  And whenever you try to hurt me
  I just hurt you even worse and so much deeper
  
  There were hours that just went on for days
  When alone at last we'd count up all the chances
  That were lost to us forever (forever)
  
  But you were history with the slamming of the door
  And I made myself so strong again somehow
  And I never wasted any of my time on you since then
  
  But if I touch you like this
  And if you kiss me like that
  It was so long ago but it's all coming back to me
  If you touch me like this
  And if I kiss you like that
  It was gone with the wind
  But it's all coming back to me
  It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now
  
  There were moments of gold
  And there were flashes of light
  There were things we'd never do again
  But then they'd always seemed right
  There were nights of endless pleasure
  It was more than all your laws allow
  Baby, baby, baby
  
  When you touch me like this
  And when you hold me like that
  It was gone with the wind but it's all coming back to me
  When you see me like this
  And when I see you like that
  Then we see what we want to see all coming back to me
  The flesh and the fantasies all coming back to me
  I can barely recall but it's all coming back to me now
  
  If you forgive me all this
  If I forgive you all that
  We forgive and forget and it's all coming back to me
  When you see me like this
  And when I see you like that
  We see just what we want to see all coming back to me
  The flesh and the fantasies all coming back to me
  I can barely recall but it's all coming back to me now
  
  (It's all coming back to me now)
  And when you kiss me like this
  (It's all coming back to me now)
  And when I touch you like that
  (It's all coming back to me now)
  And if you do it like this
  (It's all coming back to me now)
  And if we Writer/s: Jim Steinman
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

• Holly from UkI know who the motorcycle boyfriend is played by. It's not Viggo Mortensen or Alexander Skarsgard. It's a guy called Alex McCullin.
• AnonymousI have also read that a Young Viggo Mortensen is the phantom lover, but I have also read that he was just a Model in Czechoslovakia, (where the video was made).
• Nagging Question from New JerseyMy sister keeps asking the same question over and over again: Who's the guy in the video? And yes, i'm talking about the Celine Dion video. If anyone has the answer, please drop it on this page so we can all get some sleep tonight without nagging questions......
• Kristin from Maine Why can’t I find who the guy is in the video? Who is he? I’ve read a couple comments n totally agree it’s weird that the info on him has disappeared or was never credited. It’s bugging me I gotta know. Ugh! If anyone knows pls say sumthn!
• Chantell Snyder from Oregon In the Céline Dion version, is he is killed in a freak accident. (My guess is after a fight,) if you listen to the lyrics ). And the shock of it causes her to lose all memory of him.Then one night she starts having vision's of him and finally she starts remembering him. I don't think it's his ghost she is seeing, I think it is her memory. coming back. So the point of the story is she can REMEMBER him now. Also, I think I read the guy in the video is actor, Viggo Morrison. Is it?
  
• Bccooper from TexasDoes anyone else find it very very odd that it is absolutely impossible to find who the man on the motorcycle, in the pictures, haunting her in the video was. Seriously not even listed as a cast member in the video. Apparently that man is also Celine Dion. I guess she is really just a man who cross dresses so she did both parts.
• Sophie-louise from EnglandI have listened to the Celine version but Lea Michele sang it best in 3x21 as Rachel Berry on Glee.
• Joseph from Reading, United KingdomThe original singer from Pandoras Box, who sang this song is called Elaine Caswell. it is said that she fainted 5 times during its recording and that the song had to be rewritten in a lower key so the notes could be reached. She can be seen in the video lying on a table. That video was made at Pinewood studios in England. The video was said to be one of the most expensive videos ever made and is certainly very thought provoking. Celine Dions version is very different and shorter. She was left standing on a conveyor belt for around 8 hours trying to capture the part of her video where the walls move around her.
• Reza from Shiraz, Irangreat song greater voice ( wish celine werent from the french part of canada, some sounds come out of her nose instead of her mouth)
• Madison from Norway, MeAs sappy as Celine is, I like this song.
• Ankit from Bangalore, IndiaHave not heard the Celine Dion version, but Meatloaf version is cool.
• Stacy from Evansville, InIt is actually a beautiful song. I have it on my MySpace profile right now because it is excactly how I feel about this situation right now. I need to get over this jerky man very fast and plan on slamming the door and not looking back, as the lyrics suggest.

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