Without even checking if this question has already been answered (turns out it has), I used it as an excuse to dig out the 12 minute version of I'd Do Anything For Love, as featured on my 1998 album, Meat Loaf's Greatest Hits. I listened, I typed, I highlighted.
In summary, this is my list of things that Meat Loaf won't do:
- lie to her
- forget the way she feels (right now)
- forgive himself if they don't go all the way
- turn back
- never do it better than he does it with her
- stop dreaming of her every night of his life
- forget everything
- see that it's time to move on
- screw around
Did I miss anything?
I guess he's a really nice guy, a little intense perhaps!
Anyway, here are the full lyrics with the relevant bits highlighted:
And I would do anything for love
I'd run right into hell and back
I would do anything for love
I'd never lie to you and that's a fact
But I'll never forget the way you feel right now
Oh no, no way
And I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No, I won't do that
Anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No I won't do that
And some days it don't come easy
And some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all and these are the days that never end
And some nights you're breathing fire
And some nights you're carved in ice
Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again
And maybe I'm crazy
Oh it's crazy and it's true
I know you can save me, no-one else can save me now but you
As long as the planets are turning
As long as the stars are burning
As long as your dreams are coming true
You'd better believe it, that I would do anything for love
And I'll be there 'til the final act
And I would do anything for love, and I'll take the vow and seal a pact
But I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way, tonight
And I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love but I won't do that
No, I won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
And some days I pray for silence
And some days I pray for soul
Some days I just pray to the god of sex and drums and rock 'n' roll
And some nights I lose control
Some nights I just lose it all when I watch you dance and the thunder rolls
And maybe I'm lonely, that's all I'm qualified to be
There's just one and only, one and only promise I can keep
As long as the fires are burning
As long as your prayers are coming true
You'd better believe it, that I would do anything for love
And you know it's true and that's a fact
I would do anything for love, and there'll never be no turning back
But I'll never do it better than I do it with you, so long, so long
And I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love but I won't do that
No, no, no I won't do...that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do that
I would do anything for love
Anything you've been dreaming of
but I just won't do...
But I'll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life, no way
But I'll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life, no way
And I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No I won't do that
Female:
Will you raise me up? Will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?
Meat Loaf:
I can do that
Oh I can do that
Female:
Will you hold me sacred? Will you hold me tight?
Can you colourise my life, I'm so sick of black and white?
Can you make it all a little less old?
Meat Loaf:
I can do that
Oh wow now I can do that
Female:
Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Can you build and emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?
Meat Loaf:
Now I can do that
Oh wow, now I can do that
Female:
Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?
Meat Loaf:
Now I can do that
Oh no, I can do that
Female:
After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on
Meat Loaf:
I won't do that
I won't do that
Female:
I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
Sooner or later you'll be screwing around
Meat Loaf:
I won't do that
No I won't do that
Anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won't do that
No I won't do that
You're welcome!
