There's an angel crying up in Heaven tonight,
And I've got the Devil in my heart,
Because I keep on saying things that I don't mean,
And it's tearing us apart;
There's a wild wind blowing in the desert tonight,
Oh how I long to feel the rain,
And let it wash away these lonely tears,
And bring us back again,
'Cos it's a different world when I look into your eyes,
You're the nearest thing that I have seen to Paradise,
And I know with you I will be in love forever;
There's a stranger waiting deep in every heart,
To say the crazy things we say,
But I promise you he won't be back,
To steal your dreams away;
So come up close and put your sweet hand in mine,
I'm gonna hold you all night long,
And if you wake up I will be here,
To tell you that I love you;
'Cos it's a different world when I look into your eyes,
You're the nearest thing that I have seen to Paradise,
And I know with you I will be in love forever,
...forever;
Yes, it's a different world when I look into your eyes,
You're the nearest thing that I have seen to Paradise,
And I know with you I will be in love forever,
Yes I know with you I will be in love forever;
It's a different world,
It's a different world,
It's a different world,
In love forever;
There's an angel crying up in Heaven, Heaven, Heaven...
"This was written about six months ago, and I'm very pleased with it. It's very slinky, and when we were recording it originally we thought about adding some extra percussion but, in the event, it just didn't work so it never made it on to the record. This was one of the very quick ones to record and I'm pleased with the result. Very pleased. What's it about lyrically? Well..., the way I'm going to explain what I'm about to explain is... having suffered at the hands of the media last year, to some large degree, where they started telling me what I wrote songs for - including Blonde Hair Blue Jeans and Lady In Red - and then following what happened to Phil Collins, when the media started telling him why he wrote the songs, they started looking for all the explanations, so I'm actually going to remain completely silent on this one. For the simple reason that I can't wait for someone out there to tell me why I wrote this song. I know why I wrote it - but for the first time ever, I'm not going to explain why. I'm going to leave it as a complete mystery because I'm fed up of people in the media telling me why I wrote songs. They will look for clues everywhere, but to help them out... In Love Forever, quite simply, explains what happens when somebody has an argument with somebody else. As far as I know, it may not be based on a true-life situation. Or perhaps it was! Anyway, I'm keeping schtum about it..."
The Getaway Gazette, October 1995
Albums
"In Love Forever" appears on the following albums:
