Lyrics

I looked into your eyes
They told me plenty
I already knew
You never felt a thing
So soon forgotten all that you do
In more than words I
Tried to tell you
The more I tried I failed

I would not let myself believe
That you might stray
And I would stand by you
No matter what they’d say, I would have thought I’d be with you
Until my dying day
Until my dying day

I used to think my life
Was often empty
A lonely space to fill
You hurt me more than
I ever would have imagined
You made my world stand still
And in that stillness
There was a freedom
I never felt before

I would not let myself believe
That you might stray
And I would stand by you
No matter what they’d say, I would have thought I’d be with you
Until my dying day
Until my dying day

 

Appears on

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
The Freedom Sessions (1994)
Remixed (2001)
Mirrorball: The Complete Concert (2006)
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: Legacy Edition (2008)

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live DVD (1994)
Mirrorball DVD (1999)

Plenty/Fear (Promo 12″)
I Will Remember You (single)
Remixed Selections

 

Versions

Album Version
from “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy”
Track length: 4:05

In-Studio Version
from “The Freedom Sessions”
Track length: 3:24

Unknown Version
from “I Will Remember You”
Track length: 3:21

Live: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live
from “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Live DVD”
Track length: ???

Live: Mirrorball The Complete Concert
from “Mirrorball: The Complete Concert”
Track length: 3:18

Fade Mix
from “Remixed”
Track length: 10:19

 

Compilations

Credits

Vocals: Sarah McLachlan
Keyboards, Found Sound, Bass: Pierre Marchand
Guitar, Guitorgan: Bill Dillon
Bass: Brian Minato
Drums: Ash Sood

 

Collaborations

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Trivia/Notes

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Sarah says

“Well, this next song is sort of a jilted love song and uh… well, uh, the manner to which I was incredibly deceived was amazing, and… I was the one who did–I was the one who did the deceiving. I built this picture up of this perfect man and I projected the image, and I said “You are it.”, to this particular low-life hu– Oh no, no, no!–that is so unfair of me to say, let me retract that. He’s…bless his soul, he’s…lost fellow. Anyway, it’s a jilted love song, but with a positive message at the end. I came out the other side and I felt much stronger for it.”
– Under a Blackened Sky bootleg

 

Video

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