Cover art for I Know Him So Well by Steps

I Know Him So Well

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I Know Him So Well Lyrics

Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much
For far too long

Looking back
I could have played it differently
Won a few more moments
Who can tell
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know
I know him well

Wasn't it good?
(Oh so good)
Wasn't he fine?
(Oh so fine)
Isn't it madness
He can't be mine?
But in the end
He needs a little bit
More than me
More security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well
No-one in your life is with you constantly
No-one is completely on your side
And though I move my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide

Looking back
(Looking back)
I could have played it differently
(I could have played it some other way)
Won a few moments who can tell
(I was just a little careless, maybe)
But I was ever so much younger then
(I was so much younger then)
Now at least I know
I know him well

Wasn't it good?
(Oh so good)
Wasn't he fine?
(Oh so fine)
Isn't it madness
He won't be mine?

Didn't I know?
(Didn't I know?)
How it would go
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart?
Wasn't it good
Wasn't he fine?
(So fine)
Isn't it madness
He won't be mine?

But in the end
He needs a little bit
More than me
More security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well
It took time to understand him

I know him so well

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“Words Are Not Enough”/“I Know Him So Well” is the fifteenth single from the British group Steps, and their fifth double A-side single. The former is a new song taken from the Gold: Greatest Hits compilation, while “I Know Him So Well” appeared on the Abbamania compilation and later Steps' own The Last Dance collection. The song “Words Are Not Enough” was slightly edited for a more radio friendly sound for the single release. This was their last single to be released before their Boxing Day split later that same month. The B-side was Bittersweet, which member Lisa and then-fiancé Johnny wrote together.

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December 3, 2001
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