How did I ever come this far without u, baby?
What was I thinking?
What was I trying to be?
Never did u ever give me reason to doubt u, baby
U are my destiny and this I truly see
I can see we're like
2 petals from the same flower, baby
We're like 2 branches from the same tree
Whenever I look in ur eyes
I can see a paradise
U're my saviour
U're all I'll ever need
Saviour

I used 2 say no 1 lover could have me
No 1...no
But that was be4 my eyes had seen the light
2 make love with another, un-uh
Couldn't do it no way
U're my saviour
U're the only 1 that does it right
Can't u see we're like
2 petals from the same flower, baby
We're like 2 branches from the same tree
Whenever I look in ur eyes
I can see a paradise
U're my saviour
U're all I'll ever need

What would I be without ur love around me?
What would I see?
U constantly astound me
Saviour...saviour...

Oh, how did I come this far without u, baby?
I don't know
What was I thinking?
What was I trying to be?
Well, why don't u know that we're like
2 petals from the same flower, baby
We're like 2 branches from the same tree
2 drops of water from the same sea
Whenever I look in ur eyes
I can see a paradise
U're my saviour
U're all I...
U're my saviour
U're all I'll ever...
U're my saviour
U're all I'll ever need
U're all I'll ever need

Saviour...u...
U r my flower, baby
Every, every, every hour
Oh yes u r

Teeters on the edge of self-parody with it's OTT gaudy Gold Experience-esque sound, but manages just quite not to fall off.

i'll take a listen to this again - whats it taken from - or atleast what year unreleased?

zsasz said:

Emancipation - disc 2

One of the few I really like on there, there's a cool guitar solo buried in there as well

mynameisnotsusan said:

Yeah, thats what I was gonna say. The Guitar solo at the end is crazy!! You have to listen to/enjoy this song for that, if nothing else.

Love that song!

Dayclear said:

Me too! Heartfelt and hard hitting. Great song

LOVE this song and LOVE this particular disc from Emancipation. Just wanted to point out also, this album is aging well imo. I was never a huge fan of it when it came out...but I still listen to it on reg basis and like it more and more the older it gets.

...if only could find a woman who's the same drop of water from the same sea am..

NouveauDance said:

exactly! it was recorded with the Gold new power generation tho so that's
probably why it feels so much like an outtake from that era.

altho it's pretty obvious why it wouldn't have been up for inclusion on
the gold experience since it's a sugar coated candy unicorn of a song.

IstenSzek said:

Would've fit perfect alongside The Most Beautiful Girl In the World. Or is that too much syrupy sweet schmaltz for one album?

Well, obviously not because Emancipation was full of it. Albeit good schmaltz.
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id best take a listen again - i usually always just slam disc 3 on.

whodknee said:

i think so. the most beautiful girl was about as much schmalz as gold could
handle without being dragged down too much.

on a good day i can still listen to both songs but they always fail to make
any kind of impression on me except for wanting to press skip

This is one of the reasons why it's so hard for me to dismiss 90s Prince. His music back then was about excesses. However, these are what make the songs so memorable, flawed as they are. Like the films of Von Sternberg and Fassbinder, Prince's genius shines through despite blatant attempts at self-indulgence.