album: Digital Folklore
label: OVV Records
publisher: Outcaste/EMI
artist: Oi Va Voi
year: 2000
About
At the time I wrote this, we didn't have a female singer. Luckily, my sister Anna was an in-demand dance music vocalist. Happy days. The melody was inspired by a traditional song I heard in a recording by the mesmerising Ukrainian Tatar guitarist Enver Ismailov. Recorded at Livingston Studios, London.
Lyrics
I knew that when I met you
I never could forget you
We stole our moments so naturally
Cos time was irrelevant bathing in benevolence
I felt you made me complete
But then you said you’re leaving for pastures that are greener
To better yourself and to be free
Despite my reservations concerning our relations
I dont think I can just wait and see
I guess I was naive and ready to believe
That we could dance off into the sun
That’s why I write this letter to understand you better
To try and show you what we have done
If we go on this journey that promises eternity
How can I know that it’s for real?
It’s you and I together, no if or but or whether
We’ll find a way if it’s meant to be
Call me a romantic, incurable pedantic
But all I want is to comprehend
If I no longer miss you then why do I still kiss you
In daydreams that I don’t want to end
Against my own volition I had a premonition
Embracing fate and all of her qualms
We’ll lose our inhibiton and follow intuition
And die a death in each other’s arms
Some may call it destiny or some kind of entity
Looking out for us up above
Just one word from you would help me think it through
To see if I want your type of love
If we go on this journey that promises eternity
How can I know that it’s for real?
It’s you and I together, no if or but or whether,
We’ll find a way if it’s meant to be
CHORUS
All I want to do is immerse myself in you
All I need from you is a tender word or two
All I need from you is the stregnth to see it through
Help me just a little I dont know what to do
When I’m in your arms I’m invincible baby
I want you forever, I’m tired of waiting.