English lyrics Anatoly: Knowing I want you Knowing I love you I can't explain Why I remain careless about you Florence: I've been a fool to allow Dreams to become Great expectations Anatoly: How can I love you so much Yet make no move? Both: I pray the days and nights In their endless weary procession Soon overwhelm my sad obsession You and I we've seen it all Chasing our hearts' desire But we go on pretending Stories like ours Have happy endings Anatoly: You could not give me More than you gave me Why should there be Something in me Still discontented Florence: I won't look back anymore And if I do-just for a moment Anatoly: I'd soon be happy to say I knew her well Both: But if you hear today I'm no longer Quite so devoted to this affair I've been misquoted You and I We've seen it all Chasing our hearts' desire But we go on pretending Stories like ours Have happy endings
The Swedish lyrics tell a slightly different tale, though. While in the English version, Anatolij and Florence realise that they do no longer feel the affection for each other they used to feel when they met, the love between the two in the Swedish version is as strong as ever. However, they need to break up because Anatolij has been blackmailed into returning to Russia in order to protect his wife and son.
