Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine
I'm leavin' my life in your hands
People say I'm crazy and that I am blind
Risking it all in a glance
And how you got me blind is still a mystery
I can't get you out of my head
Don't care what is written in your history
As long as you're here with me
I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me
Every little thing that you have said and done
Feels like it's deep within me
Doesn't really matter if you're on the run
It seems like we're meant to be
I don't care who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
What you did
As long as you love me (I don't know)
Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me (yeah)
As long as you love me
As long as you love me
I've tried to hide it so that no one knows
But I guess it shows
When you look into my eyes
What you did and where you're comin' from
I don't care, as long as you love me, baby
I don't care who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
What you did
As long as you love me (as long as you love me)
Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
Don't care what you did (yeah)
As long as you love me (as long as you love me)
Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are (who you are)
Where you're from (where you're from)
As long as you love me
Who you are
As long as you love me
What you did (I don't care)
As long as you love me
전 세계를 넘어 그야말로 최고를 논하는 역대 보이밴드의 끝판왕이자 팝 음악계에 한 획을 그은 슈퍼 밴드라 할 수 있는 BackstreetBoys의 2집 앨범 <Backstreet's Back>에 수록되어 유럽차트를 석권하다시피 했던 대 히트곡.
아이돌 그룹임에도 그룹을 결성한지 30주년을 맞이하여 현재까지 멤버 교체없이 꾸준하게 활동하고 있는 흔치 않은 케이스인데, 아마도 안방인 미국에서의 실패로 인해 주무대를 유럽으로 바꿔 활동하게 되면서 데뷔초에 어린 나이었던 그들이 타지에서의 생활동안 서로 많이 돈독해진것이 이유가 아닐까 싶다. 물론 큰 문제를 많이도 일으켰던 루 펄먼이라는 메니지먼트와의 법정 공방 또한 그들의 내부 결속을 단단히 해주는 외부 요인이었을 것으로 생각된다.
데뷔앨범이 본국인 미국에서 매우 부진했기에(최고의 성적이 빌보드 HOT 100 차트에서의 69위), 메니지먼트는 유럽으로 눈을 돌려보기로 했는데, 이 전략이 성공하여 유럽에서 대성공을 거두면서 이름을 널리 알리게 된다.
두 번째 앨범은 싱글을 발매하는 족족 유럽 차트 상위권을 휩쓸자 그들은 마침내 본국인 미국으로 돌아가서 활동을 재개하기로 결정한다. 이때 이미 캐나다에서 그들의 인기는 폭발적이었고 유럽, 아시아, 라틴아메리카 국가에서도 인기를 휩쓸고 있었기에, 데뷔때의 자국에서의 쓴 경험을 뒤로하고, 금의환향하게 된다.
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