love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes

love, I don't like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for out survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes

[Sa bet chi lamp, chi tangaay, sa bet maangi ci biir]


note: the last line, sung by Youssou N'dour in the backing vocals is in his native Wolof (Ssenegal) tongue, and is the chorus in that language, roughly translated. However, "maangi" as it is printed in the remastered lyrics probably should be "mangi", meaning "I am" rather than "mangroves", and "bet", not technically a Wolof word probably should be "böt" meaning "eyes."

[Special Mix]

Accepting all I've done and said
I want to stand and stare again
Til there's nothing left out, oh
It remains in your eyes
Whatever comes and goes
I will hear silent call
I will touch this tender wall
Til I know I'm home again
Ooh

In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes

And all my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes

In your eyes
The light, the heat (in your eyes)
In your eyes
I am complete (in your eyes)
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches (in your eyes)
The resolution (in your eyes) of all the fruitless searches (in your eyes)
Oh I see the light and the heat (in your eyes in your eyes)
Oh, I wanna be that complete (in your eyes)
I wanna touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes

(In your eyes)
(In your eyes)
(In your eyes)
(In your eyes)
(In your eyes)
(In your eyes)
In your eyes

Accepting all I've done and said
I want to stand and stare again
Til there's nothing left out, oh
It remains in your eyes
Whatever comes and goes
Oh it's in your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes