"We were listening to (the artist Formerly Known as) Prince's song
'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World,' which we really liked," says Savage
Garden's Darren Hayes. "So we tried to pull it apart and figure out
why we loved it so much. It was because it was so real. That's
how our song was born.
"I wrote this song around 10 o'clock at night in a cafe.
I was thinking about my wife, and the lyrics just poured out. The
phrase 'truly, madly, deeply' actually comes from the title of an English
film. In it, the woman's lover has died suddenly, and she's crying
her heart out. It's the most romantic movie I have ever seen, and I've
always known I wanted to write a song using that line.
"Daniel Jones and I write all of our songs together. I
write the melody and lyrics and he writes the instrumentals. Whenever
I hear one of our songs playing, I get this weird feeling, like my fly is
down or something. It's such a buzz."
I'll be your dream
I'll be you wish, I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope, I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong I will be faithful
'cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning
Chorus:
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
And when the stars are shining brightly
in the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry
The tears of joy for all the
pleasure in the certainty
That we're surrounded by the
comfort and protection of
The highest powers
In lonely hours
The tears devour you
Chorus repeats
Oh can you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
'Cause it's standing right here before you
All that you need will surely come
I'll be your dream I'll be you wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
Chorus repeats