Stevie Wonder - I believe (when I fall in love it will be forever)

One of my favorites...
Last Track (10) of Stevie Wonder's album: "Talking Book"

Lyrics:

Shattered dreams, worthless years,
Here am I encased inside a hollow shell,
Life began, then was done,
Now I stare into a cold and empty well

The many sounds that meet our ears
the sights our eyes behold,
Will open up our merging hearts,
And feed our empty souls

I believe when I fall in love with you
it will be forever,
I believe when I fall in love this time
it will be forever

Without despair we will share,
And the joys of caring will not be replaced,
What has been must never end
And with the strength we have won't be erased
When the truths of love are planted firm,
They won't be hard to find,
And the words of love I speak to you
will echo in my mind

I believe when I fall in love with you
it will be forever,
I believe when I fall in love this time
it will be forever

I believe when I fall in love with you it will be forever,
I believe when I fall in love with you it will be forever

I'm so glad that I found someone to believe in again,
I'm so glad that I found someone to believe in again

God surely answered my prayer,
God surely answered by prayer,
You know God surely answered my prayer,
You know God surely answered my prayer,
God always will answer your prayers,
Believe in one who will answer my prayer,
Thank you God

Come on, let's fall in love,
You're the woman I've been waiting for,
Come on, let's fall in love,
You're the girl that I really adore,
Come on, let's fall in love... [etc]

Category:

Music

Tags:

• stevie
• wonder
• talking book

[Finleykj]

Heard it first on "High Fidelity" credits. Unreal and totally overlooked. Moves me everytime. Top 5 all time. A great wedding song.

[bartonone2005]

beautiful song with an absolutely uplifting chorus - definitely one of his best songs but often overlooked

[FredGandt]

As I hear it, it's about a perfect girl he hasn't met yet. A perfect love not yet found. But then I could be wrong. Still makes my eye wet though.

[tecciztucatl]

@perfectsoundzforever That's a good point, it is a bit weird to think about a partner like that.

[perfectsoundzforever]

@tecciztucatl What I've always found odd about this song is that he speaks of falling in love in the future tense, as something that hasn't happened yet but that inevitably will. Is it possible to know that you'll soon be in love without already being in love?

[namayake]

Now I know where King's X got their inspiration! :-)

[tecciztucatl]

@Ainocorrida81 Yours sounds like a perfectly valid reading of the song; my understanding of it was similarly uplifting for most of the time I've known it.

My point was simply that the words "this time" alter the meaning by suggesting that the author has felt in the past that his love was eternal but it turned out not to be, and he hopes that maybe *this time* the love will be forever.

[Ainocorrida81]

@tecciztucatl I'm not sure I understand your point.

For what I can see this is a song about mature love, not about total surrender, but proceeding cautiously but in good faith and with a hopeful heart; and is all the better, and more true for it.

[tecciztucatl]

Awesome song, but am I wrong in thinking that the line sung just once - "I believe when i fall in love THIS TIME it'll be forever" gives this song a slightly jaded tone? I'm sure I can hear "with you" in the background vocals at the same time, and to me it suggests a barely whispered hope that maybe this time it might not die.

Of course, the funky bit at the end might blow my theory out the water... but still, whaddya think?

[BIGGPHILL]

maybe the one person who selected dislike is blind and made a mistake. yeah, that must be it..

[LourtneyCove]

@BlaqkSpork everybody gets one haha

[BRAKESUK80]

i was just watching high fidelity and it prompted me to look this song up. its one of my all time " top " films and this song is a credit to the ending