I saw you dancin' out the ocean
Runnin' fast along the sand
A spirit born of earth and water
Fire flyin' from your hands

In the instant that you love someone
In the second that the hammer hits
Reality runs up your spine
And the pieces finally fit

And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

There are caravans we follow
Drunken nights in dark hotels
When chances breathe between the silence
Where sex and love no longer gel

For each man in his time is Cain
Until he walks along the beach
And sees his future in the water
A long lost heart within his reach

And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

And all I ever needed and was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

All I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one


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    THE most moving and beautiful love song out there. No sappy, flowery drivel here.

    First, I think it's "how freedom feels" (not fields) where wild horses run. "No shadows block the sun" (nothing can darken the light of his love for this person) "There are caravans we follow, drunken nights and dark hotels" (let's not forget that Elton is a recovering alcoholic that spent nearly every night on the road drunk in a lonely hotel room) "Each man in his time is Cain" (everyone walks this earth alone, until they find "the One, until they walk along the beach, a long lost heart within his reach" I agree that the ocean is probably a metaphor for his life, reaching seemingly forever. His "lost" love has been found and is in his reach finally.

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