Eternal Flame

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Lead singer Susanna Hoffs teamed up with one of the great pop songwriters of the 80s and 90s, Billy Steinberg, to write the perfect finale to The Bangles' career. With… Read More

Feb. 17, 19891 viewer116.7K views

Eternal Flame Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming?
Is this burning an eternal flame?

[Verse 2]
I believe it's meant to be, darling
I watch you when you are sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming?
Or is this burning (Burning) an eternal (Eternal) flame?

[Chorus]
Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then come and ease the pain
I don't wanna lose this feelin', oh

[Chorus]
Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then come and ease the pain
I don't wanna lose this feelin', oh

[Verse 3]
Close your eyes, give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming?
Or is this burning an eternal flame?

[Refrain]
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreamin'? Ah
Is this burning an eternal flame?
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand? (Do you understand?)
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming? Ah
An eternal flame

[Outro]
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling (Ah-ah)
Do you feel my heart beating? (Ah-ah)
Do you understand? (Do you understand?)
Do you feel the same? (Eh)
Am I only dreamin'? Ah
Is this burning an eternal flame?
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling

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About

Lead singer Susanna Hoffs teamed up with one of the great pop songwriters of the 80s and 90s, Billy Steinberg, to write the perfect finale to The Bangles' career. With this song and “Walk Like an Egyptian”, the Bangles became only the third girl group to score multiple #1s in the United States, after the Supremes (12) and the Shirelles (2).

Steinberg explains the song’s origins:

Susanna was talking about the Bangles having visited Graceland, and she said there was some type of shrine to Elvis that included some kind of eternal flame. As soon as those words were mentioned, I immediately thought of the synagogue in the town of Palm Springs, California where I grew up. I remember during our Sunday school class they would walk us through the sanctuary. There was one little red light and they told us it was called the eternal flame.