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Song

I Know Him So Well

Idina Menzel, Kerry Ellis

2009, English

Lyrics

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Nothing is so good, it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much
For far too long
Looking back I could have played it differently
Won a few more moments
Who can tell?
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know, I know him well
Wasn't it good? (Oh, so good)
Wasn't he fine? (Oh, so fine)
Isn't it madness?
He can't be mine?
But in the end he needs
A little bit more than me, more security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well
No one in your life Is with you constantly
No one is completely on your side
And though I move my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide
Looking back, I could have played it differently (Looking back, I could have played it some other way)
Learned about the man before I fell (I was just a little careless)
But I was ever so much younger then (Maybe, I was so much younger then)
Now at least I know I know him well (I know I know him well)
Wasn't it good? (Oh, so good)
Wasn't he fine? (Oh, so fine)
Isn't it madness?
He won't be mine?
Didn't I know
How it would go?
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart? (Wasn't it good?
Wasn't he fine?)
Isn't it madness?
He won't be mine?
But in the end he needs
A little bit more than me, more security
He needs his fantasy, and freedom
I know him so well (It took time to understand him)
I know him so well

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