Take My Breath Away Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean, finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say


[Chorus]
Take my breath away
Take my breath away

[Verse 2]
Watching, I keep waiting, still anticipating love
Never hesitating to become the fated ones
Turning and returning to some secret place to find
Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say

[Chorus]
My love, take my breath away

[Bridge]
Through the hourglass, I saw you
In time, you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you
And turned to hear you say
If only for today, I'm unafraid

[Chorus]
Take my breath away
Take my breath away

[Verse 3]
Watching every motion in this foolish lover's game
Haunted by the notion somewhere there's a love in flames
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn my way and say

[Chorus]
Take my breath away
My love, take my breath away
My love, take my breath away
My love, take my breath away
My love

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“Take My Breath Away” is a song by American new-wave band Berlin written and produced by Giorgio Moroder for the film Top Gun and helped the soundtrack become not only the best selling of 1986, but eventually one of the best selling of all time.

Upon its release, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. It also topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. and also topped charts in Canada, the U.K, the Netherlands, Ireland and Belgium.

Over the years it became Berlin’s signature song and has been covered many times. Jessica Simpson’s version is perhaps the most well known cover.

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What did Berlin say about "Take My Breath Away"?
Genius Answer

Moroder said that he is most proud of this song, of all the other hits he has had in his career.

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Release Date
May 13, 1986
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