If Things Were Perfect
| Title | If Things Were Perfect |
|---|---|
| Artist | Moby |
| Album | Play |
| Release Date | 1999-05-17 |
| Description | “If Things Were Perfect” is the thirteenth track of American musician Moby’s studio album Play, released on May 17, 1999 through V2 Records. On a really simple beat, relatable to the sound that made trip-hop popular during the ‘90s and constituted by a looped and quiet bass line, some scratch sounds and the hypnotic and strange drums, Moby loses himself into daydreaming, by recalling a walk around the streets of New York’s Chinatown in the early morning. Also, he samples Willie Hutch’s “Hospital Prelude Of Love Theme” in order to obtain the chorus’ vocals. |
| Lyrics | [Refrain: Willie Hutch] "Give me summer" "Give me summer" "Give me summer" "Give me summer" [Verse 1: Moby] Broken darkness my cold end I look for places I've never seen Nothing moves but the quiet on the street Now I open my eyes to this Isolated walking long hard hours Winter cold just brings me winter showers It's so brutal with the cold sky Wrapped in cold late at night [Refrain: Willie Hutch] "Give me summer" "Give me summer" [Verse 2: Moby] Come clean, there's no sun yet The only lights here are made I can't speak, I can't hear, but I know I'm real There's no warm here anyway The darkest lights before the dawn You remember the sun but it sank In the water that eats the light Wrapped in cold, late at night [Refrain: Willie Hutch] "Give me summer" "Give me summer" [Verse 3: Moby] I open my eyes, it's cold The only souls go by Lift the bridge out of the water The stone black light Living is easy when it's night The cold has covered the rain I can see forever, to the deep Wrapped in cold, late at night You might also like[Refrain: Willie Hutch] "Give me summer" "Give me summer" "Give me summer" "Give me summer" |