Released: November 8, 1994
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Sting Hugh Padgham
[Intro]
If he loves you
Like I love you
I would walk away in shame
I'd move town
I'd change my name
[Chorus 1]
When he watches you
When he counts to buy your soul
On your hand his golden rings
Like he owns a bird that sings
[Chorus]
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
[Verse 1]
The priest has said my soul's salvation
Is in the balance of the angels
And underneath the wheels of passion
I keep the faith in my fashion
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
I'm still in love with you
I'm going to find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
[Chorus]
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
[Verse 2]
If I could break down these walls
And shout my name at heaven's gate
I'd take these hands
And I'd destroy the dark machineries of fate
Cathedrals are broken
Heaven's no longer above
And hellfire's a promise away
I'd still be saying
I'm still in love
He won't love you
Like I love you
He won't care for you this way
He'll mistreat you if you stay
Come and live with me
We'll have children of our own
I would love you more than life
If you'll come and be my wife
[Chorus]
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
If he loves you
Like I love you
I would walk away in shame
I'd move town
I'd change my name
[Chorus 1]
When he watches you
When he counts to buy your soul
On your hand his golden rings
Like he owns a bird that sings
[Chorus]
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
[Verse 1]
The priest has said my soul's salvation
Is in the balance of the angels
And underneath the wheels of passion
I keep the faith in my fashion
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
I'm still in love with you
I'm going to find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
[Chorus]
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
[Verse 2]
If I could break down these walls
And shout my name at heaven's gate
I'd take these hands
And I'd destroy the dark machineries of fate
Cathedrals are broken
Heaven's no longer above
And hellfire's a promise away
I'd still be saying
I'm still in love
He won't love you
Like I love you
He won't care for you this way
He'll mistreat you if you stay
Come and live with me
We'll have children of our own
I would love you more than life
If you'll come and be my wife
[Chorus]
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
When we dance, angels will run and hide their wings
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- Englishman in New York
- You Will Be My Ain True Love
- Why Should I Cry for You?
- Whenever I Say Your Name
- I Burn for You
- We Work the Black Seam
- When We Dance
- Roxanne
- I Hung My Head
- She’s Too Good for Me
- The Pirate’s Bride
- The End of the Game
- Straight to My Heart
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Next to You
From the albums
- Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 (1994)
- ...All This Time (2001)
- Symphonicities (2010)
Sting popular songs
- 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