I cannot see you over and under and
I cannot make you out through the crowd.
I searched the whole world to find you,
Never once did I wonder
Should I tell you I love you?
Should I tell you out loud?

I crossed the Atlantic,
I crossed the Emerald Isles
Without a single doubt
About the day you're mine.
But all that I came to find
Was I never crossed your mind.

Never before and never again
And you are not bound to find
A love like this again.
I wanna show you the sunrise
Off the coast of Japan.
I wanna tell you about me,
Let you know who I am.
But you don't care,
You don't care.

I crossed the Atlantic,
I crossed the Emerald Isles
Without a single doubt
About the day you're mine.
And all that I came to find
Was I never crossed your mind.
No, I never crossed your mind.

Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

This world is too wide
For you to be lonely,
You to be lonely.
I'm wide open to just
Me and you only,
Me and you only.

I crossed the Atlantic,
I crossed the Emerald Isles
Without a single doubt
About the day you're mine.
And all that I came to find
Was I never crossed your mind.
No, I never crossed your mind.

I crossed the Atlantic,
But all I came to find
Was I never crossed your mind


Lyrics submitted by xxmodernlove

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    I love this song.

    I think he's saying that he did every thing he could for this girl. He spent so much time crossing the world just to get to her, but in the end, he realized that the one place he didn't cross was her mind. He had a lot of hope that he'd have her be his someday, but in the end, she never was.

    xxmodernloveon March 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment

    Basically, he did everything in his power to get to her because his love for her was so strong. Meanwhile, she didn't even realize the lengths he was going to because she didn't even recognize that he had any interest in her, period.

    dansleauon August 20, 2009   Link
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    My Opinion

    Lol I think this is like a fan and his idol crush

    giodenka9812on June 30, 2012   Link

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