Released: October 11, 1999

Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Producer: Craig Armstrong Pet Shop Boys

[Chorus]
Footsteps in the dark
Only love will break your heart
Footsteps
Footsteps

[Verse 1]
Whenever trouble comes around
Or lonely nights lead underground
And far in the dark
Abandoned cars suddenly start up
An anxious sound
As long as I hear your footsteps
In the dark
That's all I need

[Chorus]
Footsteps in the dark
Only love will break your heart
Footsteps
Footsteps

[Verse 2]
When loneliness induces fear
Like waves against a ramshackle pier
When thunder and rain
Scar the windowpane once again
I want you near
As long as I hear your footsteps
In the dark
That's all I need

[Interlude]
I'm longing to see you
I want you, I need you

[Bridge]
Like a child who feels afraid
Of the dark at night
Hoping to hear a gentle touch
Turning on a welcome light
As long as I hear your footsteps
In the dark
That's all I need
As long as I hear your footsteps
In the dark
That's all I need

[Chorus]
Footsteps in the dark
Only love will break your heart
Footsteps
Footsteps
Footsteps in the dark
Only love will break your heart
Footsteps
Footsteps

Footsteps

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo comprised of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Formed in London in 1981, they’ve released fourteen LPs–in addition to a myriad of theatrical, film, and ballet scores–and have charted forty-two UK Top 30 singles, four of them making it to number 1.