Meaning

The song was inspired by the H. E. Bates romantic novel Love for Lydia, which is set in the 1920s. Lewis explained to Billboard magazine in 1996:

The author wrote it in such a descriptive and beautiful way, set in English countryside, that I wanted to try and create this atmosphere in the song. When I wrote its melody I wanted to write something simple, remembering falling in love for the first time in the summer, that magical wonderful feeling. That was it really, the whole thing just came together.


Source: songfacts.com

Lyrics

Feels like
I'm standing in a timeless dream
Of light mists with pale amber rose
Feels like
I'm lost in a deep cloud of heavenly scent
Touching, discovering you

Those days of warm rains
Come rushing back to me
Miles of windless summer night air
Secret moments
Shared in the heat of the afternoon
Out of the stillness, soft spoken words
Say, say it again

I love you always forever
Near and far, closer together
Everywhere I will be with you
Everything I will do for you
I love you always forever
Near and far, closer together
Everywhere I will be with you
Everything I will do for you

You've got the most unbelievable blue eyes
I've ever seen
You've got me almost melting away
As we lay there under a blue sky
With pure white stars
Exotic sweetness, a magical time
Say, say it again

I love you always forever
Near and far, closer together
Everywhere I will be with you
Everything I will do for you
I love you always forever
Near and far, closer together
Everywhere I will be with you
Everything I will do for you

Say you'll love, love me forever
Never stop, never whatever
Near and far and always
And everywhere and everything
Say you'll love, love me forever
Never stop, never whatever
Near and far and always
And everywhere and everything
Say you'll love, love me forever
Never stop, never whatever
Near and far and always
And everywhere and everything
Say you'll love, love me forever
Never stop, never whatever
Near and far and always
And everywhere and everything

I love you always forever
Near and far, closer together
Everywhere I will be with you
Everything I will do for you
I love you always forever
Near and far, closer together
Everywhere I will be with you
Everything I will do for you
I love you always forever
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Legend
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  • Chorus
  • People Talking

Vocabulary

scent

Pleasant smell
Scent of a Woman is a 1992 American drama film produced and directed by Martin Brest

rushing back

Return in a hurry
I rushed back home after work

To melt

Be heated until liquid