Don't ask me
What you know is true
Don't have to tell you
I love your precious heart

I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apart

We could live
For a thousand years
But if I hurt you
I'd make wine from your tears
I told you
That we could fly
'Cause we all have wings
But some of us don't know why

I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never ever tear us apart

I (don't ask me)
I was standing (you know it's true)
Mm, you were there (worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (we're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart
You (don't ask me)
You were standing (you know it's true)
I was there (worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (we're shining through)
And they could never tear us apart

I
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided


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Never Tear Us Apart Lyrics as written by Michael Kelland Hutchence Andrew Charles Farriss

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • +7
    General Comment
    I kind of think this song eludes to the way the universe steps in, and puts two people together who aren't expecting to find each other. In a second you can find someone that for whatever reason, you are instantly drawn to, and in love with. There's just that look that passes between you, and know you are destined to mean more to each other than just some passing attraction. I also think it speaks to the bonds that form between people that outsiders may not always understand. Love doesn't always make sense. You see these couples that are so happy and in love, and you wonder, "How the hell did that happen?" because they just don't look right together. I think this might be one of those situations. People may not get it, but it doesn't matter because from the second these two people laid eyes on each other, they were hooked.
    aheartthatbendson March 14, 2009   Link
  • +3
    General Comment
    I strongly believe this is about Michael's first love Michele Bennett. So many years later she was the last person he spoke to before he killed himself. She rushed to be there but was unfortunately too late. Perhaps his greatest love of all.
    bingajon February 23, 2010   Link
  • +3
    Memory
    I went to a U2 concert a week after Michael Hutchence died and they played this. It was shattering.
    erosanikatoson May 31, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment
    I'm thinkin it's totally about complete and absolute LOVE at first sight. An unforgettalbe, once in a lifetime experience that only the lucky few will endure. Never has a love song touched me so strongly over and over again through the years. A classic in any generation. Play it for your childre, and thier childre, and the childre to come. This song deserves to live .
    mewithoutyou#1fanon September 03, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General Comment
    'i was standing, you were there.. two worlds colided and they could never tear us apart' this may mean like one of those slow motion moments in movies whe the guy sees the girl of his dreams.. i just think of that and then they bond quickly?
    nicoleeeon January 21, 2007   Link
  • +2
    General Comment
    This song just reeks of Romeo and Juliet. A passionate love affair that both people know is unrealistic because the circumstances and outside forces in their lives will not permit them to be together....But they follow their hearts and their lust for each other and fall madly in love. But the minor key and the second verse speaks of it all coming to a tragic end even though the song doesn't describe what happens to them afterwards.
    Karakalpakon April 22, 2015   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    just about being madly in love and remembering the first moment when u met. its pretty self-explainitory if u ask me.
    shakilon September 13, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    i think that maybe this is a make-up song... the couple had a conflict, but now they're resolving it.
    hoydenon September 14, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    I love INXS. One of my favourite bands of all time. I think this song is about a conflict in a relationship, a get-back-together sort of ballad - he really loves her and she knows it.. "Don't have to tell you I love your precious heart". Two people fighting in a relationship, yet come out stronger than ever. "Two worlds collided, and they could never tear us apart".
    Seewaon September 07, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    "We all have wings but some of us don't know why.." I think in the context of the other lyrics this is him saying something like, "we have this amazing connection...some people will never experience (or maybe never allow themselves to experience) love this powerful. Those people will never come between us for that reason."
    anyagon March 28, 2007   Link

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