I don’t know where you’re going and I don’t know why,
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye.
I have not heard many people refer to Roxette’s “Listen To Your Heart” as a great song but I am presenting it here as a top 500 song of all-time. The melody is so catchy and it is such a perfect vocal for a power ballad. Also, make sure to list to DHT’s version. It is much more stripped down than Roxette’s version, and it can help you hear just how well-crafted the song is.
If there is anything negative about Roxette’s version, it is that the instrumentation and production is a bit over the top. But that was the 80s. Underneath the synthesizer and guitar solo there is a beautiful song.
The lyrics are great. It sounds like the narrator is counselling a friend or daughter to look twice at the good thing she has with her current relationship before she throws it away. Sure, the relationship may not be as wild as it once was, and the relationship doesn’t seem as “magical”, but there is love there, so “listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye”.
Listen To Your Heart Lyrics
I know there’s something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah
You’ve built a love but that love falls apart
Your little piece of Heaven turns too dark
Listen to your heart when he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart, there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going and I don’t know why
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye
Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yeah
They’re swept away and nothing is what is seems
The feeling of belonging to your dreams
Listen to your heart when he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart, there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going and I don’t know why
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye
And there are voices that want to be heard
So much to mention but you can’t find the words
The scent of magic, the beauty that’s been (beauty that’s been)
When love was wilder than the wind
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it) when he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it) there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going and I don’t know why
But listen to your heart before, oh
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it) when he’s calling for you
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it) there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going and I don’t know why
But listen to your heart before
You tell him goodbye
Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart (take a listen to it)
Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart (take a, take a listen to it)
Listen to your heart
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, ooh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)
Listen to your heart (oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Listen to your heart (oh, oh)
Songwriters: Rolf Letekro / Tony Harnell
