Released: August 2, 2011
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Sting
[Verse 1]
If I caught the world in a bottle
And everything was still beneath the moon
Without your love would it shine for me?
If I was smart as Aristotle
And understood the rings around the moon
What would it all matter if you loved me?
[Chorus]
Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfil
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing would I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end
[Pre-Chorus 1]
If I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon so we could ride
Until the stars grew dim, Until...
[Verse 2]
One day you’ll meet a stranger
And all the noise is silenced in the room
You’ll feel that you're close to some mystery
In the moonlight and everything shatters
You feel as if you’ve known her all your life
The world’s oldest lesson in history
[Chorus]
Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfil
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing do I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing’s end
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Oh, if I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon and we would ride
Until the stars grew dim
Until the time that time stands still, Until...
If I caught the world in a bottle
And everything was still beneath the moon
Without your love would it shine for me?
If I was smart as Aristotle
And understood the rings around the moon
What would it all matter if you loved me?
[Chorus]
Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfil
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing would I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end
[Pre-Chorus 1]
If I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon so we could ride
Until the stars grew dim, Until...
[Verse 2]
One day you’ll meet a stranger
And all the noise is silenced in the room
You’ll feel that you're close to some mystery
In the moonlight and everything shatters
You feel as if you’ve known her all your life
The world’s oldest lesson in history
[Chorus]
Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfil
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing do I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing’s end
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Oh, if I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon and we would ride
Until the stars grew dim
Until the time that time stands still, Until...
B-Sides & Rarities
- The Ballad of Mack the Knife
- How Insensitive
- Ne me quitte pas
- Every Breath You Take/Theme from Peter Gunn [Mr. Ruggerio’s Remix]
- I’ll Follow My Secret Heart
- It’s a Lonesome Old Town
- All for Love
- Invisible Sun
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Another Pyramid
- Waters of Tyne
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
- Fragile (Duet)
- Love Sneakin’ Up on You
- Shallow Brown
- One Day She’ll Love Me
- Blood Red Roses
- The Bed’s Too Big Without You
- Moonlight
- Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
- Seventh Son
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Lullaby for an Anxious Child
- Gabriel’s Message
- Fine Knacks for Ladies
- The Lowest Trees Have Tops
- Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
- The Mighty
- Until
- Beneath a Desert Moon
- Angel Eyes
- My Funny Friend and Me
- My One and Only Love
- I Saw Three Ships
- You Were Meant for Me
- Need Your Love So Bad
- Windmills of Your Mind
- Sisters of Mercy
- Sister Moon
- Come Down in Time
- Tempted
- The End of the Game
- Shape of My Heart
- Englishman in New York
- Desert Rose
- Fields of Gold
- Fragile
- Russians
- It’s Probably Me
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
- Brand New Day
- Seven Days
- Mad About You
- A Thousand Years
- Soul Cake
- I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
- All This Time
- When We Dance
- If It’s Love
- The Last Ship
- Fortress Around Your Heart
- Children’s Crusade
- Moon Over Bourbon Street
- Synchronicity I
- Giacomo’s Blues