Peter Gabriel - The Book of Love

'The Book of Love' was written by Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields and features on Peter's album 'Scratch My Back'.
The 'Scratch My Back' album, released in 2010, was conceived as a songwriters exchange project where Peter covered some of his favourite songs and in return the artists he chose would then cover one of his songs. The reciprocal album 'And I'll Scratch Yours' was released in 2013.
This version of 'The Book of Love' was arranged by Nick Ingman with Peter Gabriel and Will Gregory and features the vocals of Melanie Gabriel.
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Scratch My Back tracklisting:
Heroes
The Boy In The Bubble
Mirrorball
Flume
Listening Wind
The Power Of The Heart
My Body Is A Cage
The Book of Love
I Think It's Going To Rain Today
Apres Moi
Philadelphia
Street Spirit (Fade Out)

[@shugo362]

I'm a complicated diabetic. My fiancée has heart problems and other issues. I love her more and more every day. She's the reason I keep on going strong. Without each other, we really wouldn't know what to do.

[@jamesfisher5121]

I hear you. Diabetic for 28 out of my 40 yrs. It's a very depressing disease. It's like a curse. And it really is. Glad u have someone to support you.

[@oliwan666]

It's always easier to be strong for a loved one than for yourself. I hope things went good in between. Stay strong. For both of you.

[@barbaralucore2255]

I love this song. But it always makes .me cry, it's so beautiful. I found my true love when I was 50 in 2000 and now we are growing old together. He is the love of my life. ❤❤❤

[@barrylangweiler9356]

I was 53 and never wanted to be married but we met in 2000 and married in 2003 and for twenty one years we shared a romance and a love that was better than love. I held her as she took her last breath and while time may forget that day my heart will always remember.

[@danielpostlewait384]

❤

[@leivaisabelcontreras538]

​@@barrylangweiler9356Siempre siempre juntos estaran .❤ Lo que queda en el Alma no se borra🙏

[@hildaarredondo7917]

❤️✨🙏🇦🇷

[@audiorick]

Yeaaah ❤ makes my day

[@matthewellenberger1905]

I was married at 19, divorced at 31. This song makes me think of my current wife, we've been together now for 18 years as a couple, but I first met her when she was three, and I was seven. She was my little sister's best childhood friend. Nothing happened between us until we were both older and I had been divorced for eight days. Our anniversary is New Year's, where the whole country celebrates our first kiss.

[@aydenjanisse]

It just turned midnight. Happy Valentine's Day to all of you couples out there. And to the rest of us out there with nobody to share this with, hopefully we all find somebody soon. 🫂

[@cyndyalexander912]

I chose to be alone but I can definitely appreciate a good love song! 😊❤

[@wesscott7497]

Booo Wendy, boooo

[@aebm]

Exactly 😂

[@aebm]

​@@wesscott7497true

[@yellowbunny-l9m]

Being with just yourself is better than being with the wrong person

[@lorainerobberts3851]

This is the first song my late son shared with his wife. She played it while showing pics of him on his funeral. It was a perfect match and made the whole experience very special.

[@moodyshrew]

I'm so sorry for your loss. If this song didn't bring tears to my eyes, your comment sure did. I hope it reminds you of all the happy and loving moments your son shared with all of his loved ones.

[@lorainerobberts3851]

@@moodyshrew thank you. Yes, I have many lovely memories of his 32 years with us. It was a honor to be his mom

[@TheAthenasPhoenix]

Bless you, Loraine. Not that I'm religious, just that my heart goes out to you.

[@whitebirchtarot]

I’m so sorry to hear that you lost your son. 💕😪

[@monikadorn4026]

Jetzt muss ich weinen. ​@@lorainerobberts3851

[@Rolbell]

Lots of comments about how beautiful the song is and how great PG is, but I just want to comment on what a wholesome environment this comment section is. When 99.99% of comment sections are people picking fights with strangers and hating on each other, this wall of support, positivity, empathy and kindness is an oasis in a barren desert.

[@mamie59]

Isn't it a wonderful feeling?!!❤

[@jonnyplasma4321]

@@Rolbell beautiful music and memories bring us all together

[@jeanniedean609]

❤

[@RowanRenata]

🎉❤truthfully happy people

[@lindastrohm6726]

❤😊❤

[@paulatristan8189]

My parents are in heaven, and I don't have a partner or a husband to speak of, but this song The Book Of Love is so beautiful. I love hearing it over and over. I'm sure many people have delightful memories to share🫠❤️

[@mikeflindall9814]

❤❤❤

[@MrDucksBill]

ill be your friend. i need a friend too

[@paulatristan8189]

@marknavarro953 + thank you for your reply. God bless you and have a great weekend.

[@wkejnwelfvnwklnv]

💓💓💓💓💓🙏🕊

[@louth007]

We can all be friends (whom live in different time zones).

[@tiggerwitch4780]

This song is so beautiful... it makes me think of my parents who have been married and crazy in love for over 62 years!

[@a.demelo2724]

you're lucky

[@juliepeterson4905]

Good role models.

[@小虎-t9c]

@@nic5754 Hey Nicola! I like your name, my name is Nikolai and i promise you will find your soulmate as soon as you stop looking :=)

[@neonjoker]

Makes me think of a nexo knight fanfic

[@kaatvandenbossche672]

Congrats for you parents ❤❤ xx

[@BikfalviMoni]

When I hear this song I always see Richard Gere coming up on the travelling staircase, dressed in an elegant suit, with a single red rose in his hand :) (in the film Shall We Dance) A great song in a great movie with a great actor - love you all! Thanks for this beautiful song, Mr Gabriel, it brings tears to my eyes every time.

[@michaelpickett2717]

Damn that movie was ace!

[@enohebai3029]

Same feeling my dear, shall we dance is my favourite of all

[@erikarobinson7397]

He was so fine!! 😍😍

[@jbiezen]

Yes yes! I love that movie!😍😍😍

[@elenafrank794]

The best movie and actors ever😍

[@inthaclouds]

Listening it while my 2 years old daughter sleeping next to me. The most beautiful part of the day.

[@lyndanixon4824]

Lost my dear son on Monday...38...he died on his birthday...this is his music....his tune

[@aliviaheath9965]

I'm so sorry for your loss Sending you all the warmth in the world 💗

[@ritamaree551]

so sorru for your loss.... let his music play on....

[@traumaticcinematics4688]

I’m so sorry for your loss you sound so beautiful

[@lyndanixon4824]

@@aliviaheath9965 thank you honey

[@lyndanixon4824]

@@ritamaree551 Rita thank you honey

[@mikeh4245]

When my wife and I were dating 16 years ago, I sent this song to her and she said she almost drove off the road when she heard it! We played it as she walked down the aisle at our wedding, it will always be our song.

[@thoughtwavetech]

During the pandemic, my girlfriend and I were living together and we would sing karaoke every night, and this song was one of our frequent "go to" songs. We were apart from May of 22 until Feb of 23, and then we broke up again November of 23, but we still spend time together. I can feel our hearts pulling us back together, god willing, and this song always makes me think of her. I love it when she reads to me.

[@lilomarquardt622]

Was für ein wunderschönes Liebeslied besser kann man eine liebe nicht ausdrücken ❤Danke Peter für das wunderschöne Lied ❤❤

[@hollyh-zw1yb]

This has to be one of the best love songs I have ever heard. It brings me to tears every time.

[@urbaneriksson9781]

I like it just the same way 😂, i think 🤔

[@Ginger57]

I just had a cry. I had believed PG wrote it. He sure could've. Anyway, it celebrates his amazing voice do well🧡

[@hollyh-zw1yb]

@@Ginger57 truth

[@willowbark5649]

@@Ginger57 It was written by Stephin Merritt, of The Magnetic Fields. Their original is very different, and many prefer that version. I think that version is fun, but love this one. I agree with you, Peter's voice is perfectly suited to it! This cover is a heartrending masterpiece ❤

[@Ginger57]

@@willowbark5649 you are SO right🧡🧡🧡

[@jumaimomoh2847]

I don't know why this song makes me emotional. I just start crying whenever I play the song. It's basically one of my favorites 💕💕💕💕

[@cosmicsoullove]

I don't know you and we've never met, but I know why! it's because you are great... And Peter Gabriel's voice connects directly to the heart and soul.

[@kirkwatson1442]

Your not alone...

[@kirkwatson1442]

Heard it on a movie soundtrack

[@teresariccobono2655]

Same here

[@Paulo.1984]

Because life is all about love and deep down you know that. This song taps into that feeling, it's almost a spiritual experience.

[@CarloDiMartino]

Beautiful. Stephin Merritt is certainly one of the greatest songwriters alive today!

[@ShoaibTaimur]

This made me cry. Looked at the comments and I wasn't the only one who felt that way. It moves you in a way you don't expect.

[@zezinhadesena8299]

Peter Gabriel... he could sing the phone book and it ould sound wonderful. What voice, what emotion!

[@BrianHA1]

I am not the crying kind. I have never cried while listening to a song. But listening to this song completely breaks me down, and I start to sob like a child. I suspect the reason I start to cry while listening to this song is because of the lines that speak of hope for love from someone. I am well past 60 and steadily heading towards old age, having never had the privilege of having someone fall in love with me. Love truly is for lucky people. Some of us are just not that lucky.

[@wpistol]

Me too my friend. Me too

[@Jesse_359]

Wow. Ok. I just burst into tears midway through this. Not sure how I made it so many years without ever hearing this one.

[@cherylelliotcrnaelliot2997]

Hope you visit us often.

[@HaiTharImDavid]

Me too 🥺

[@matthewehritz3544]

Same

[@deadarmd]

Tweek and craig forever

[@susannabonke8552]

Same.

[@mattchalk4579]

We had our wedding last night. We had the instrumental version playing as my wife walked down the aisle, and this version for our first dance. This song will always have a special place in my heart.

[@小虎-t9c]

Grats Matt!

[@dawnduckworth593]

That is literally my dream

[@riffrff]

congrats, sounds like a beautiful wedding, good luck with the marriage!

[@berniebcb1]

Congratulations! Love your musical choice.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Congrats man. My wife and I fell in love with this song and it was our first dance song in 2010. Takes me back to that moment every time I hear it!

[@fritsplantinga7174]

I listened to this wonderful song this morning at my bed radio at 05.11. Eighty years ago it was D-Day. So many young people gave their highest sacrifice for our liberation and freedom at the beaches and hills of Normandy. Their book of love was closed far too early. We can't be grateful enough to them.

[@Falconlibrary]

Their love of freedom was greater than their fear of death. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

[@samb8996]

Peter’s music has been such an important part of my life since his days at Genesis Thank you Peter

[@paulwhitlock6666]

No one else in the whole world could sing this song any better ♥️👍

[@Yul-Uhlu]

This song makes my heart explode with thoughts of my wife and my love for her. So many memories flood my head, it makes my heart ache for her. She lives only in my memories now.

[@xtraflo]

Tweak & Craig - Forever !

[@Ann-x9i]

Didn‘t expect that😂 nice one

[@jwaseman8487]

I was looking for this lol thank you so much

[@jamesrodgers9900]

Me too

[@jEs-rl5ln]

I was looking for this comment hahaha ❤❤❤❤

[@Aquagrrrl]

Yesss

[@missmolly9998]

This song will raise your vibration spiritually. It’s very ascending and beautiful.

[@MARKCraven-nv5dy]

One of the most beautiful love songs ever.

[@oliwan666]

For the love of my life, I lost to cancer after 28 wonderful years. And yet for my new love. I hope that I will be the one you need as thesame as I hope that you will be the one I need. I love you. Both of you!

[@christin1164]

I walked down the aisle to this almost 2 years ago! My husbands reply to everything about the wedding was "whatever you want". But he picked this song and I am so glad he did! Its beautiful and fit the day and our love perfectly.

[@BJUmholtz]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. All I want to do is to sing it to my wife at my wedding but I think it's too late to have a wedding and too late to have a wife, and this is a dagger to me. And yet I don't want to live in a universe where this song does not exist.

[@jdb79jdb79]

It's never too late for either of those things. Stop waiting for the world to give you permission to love!

[@mikecordes]

Never too late, brother. You will find someone :)

[@cariledesma0210]

Tenés tiempo.Hay alguien destinada para ti.Que nadie te haga creer lo contrario.

[@whitebirchtarot]

I agree; it’s never too late.

[@Jonnybass7]

Mr. Gabriel is an Angel sent to us for spiritual instruction. It's an intense privilege that we live at the same time as this man.

[@Ginger57]

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@joannah1477]

Exactly

[@dylanrowley5263]

This song makes Me Remember and Think of My Aunty.. She passed away at the start of this year.. I got to spend 30 minutes with her before she passed and it Meant THE WORLD, To Me AND HER.. I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH AUNTY KERRY, THANK YOU FOR TEACHING NE HOW TO BE A MAN AND TRUE TO MY WORD.. I Just WISH you could have made it to see My Son.. He is going to know ALL ABOUT YOU when he can comprehend and understand.. May God Keep You in His Grace forever.. Goodbye Aunty Kerry.. You WERE THE BEST AUNTY EVER IN THIS WORLD AND MY HEART BLEEDS WITHOUT YOU HERE 😢

[@fastab1105]

My mum used to sing this to my little siblings when they were baby's, now she's singing it to my daughter. And I am too. I hope that we will keep on sharing this beautiful piece of wisdom with many future generations to come.

[@verymoon630]

This might very well be my favorite rendition of this song. Right in the heart feels every single time. Peter Gabriel has been such a huge part of the soundtrack of my life, this would/will be a great addition.

[@sidpoison6346]

Mercie MA SISTA!!!thans For evry thig love kiss kiss

[@HTTRforLIFE]

Very Moon ..."soundtrack of my life." I LOVE THAT!!!

[@Rosenthal00]

"soundtrack of my life"😍😊

[@Wuschelfifileinchen]

Das Lied ist sooo schön. Als mein Mann und ich auf der Suche nach Liedern für unsere Hochzeit waren und dieses Lied abspielten, waren wir beide sofort ergriffen und haben geweint. Es war also absolut klar, dass dieses Lied Teil unserer Hochzeit wird 🥰

[@nicoloteti6242]

Dalla prima volta che l'ascoltai oramai tanti anni fa, decisi che sarebbe stata la mia canzone durante le mie nozze. Così è stato. Magica. Grazie maestro.

[@LadyDragonborn]

Peter Gabriel is such an amazing talent. I have loved his voice and his music for years. Thank you Peter for an outstanding cover of this song. I love it when you sing to me. When I heard them use this song in South Park... well, it was perfect. Tweek x Craig forever. ❤️

[@petergabriel7032]

It's indeed a great pleasure for me to have a supportive fan like you. Message me on my hangout indicating your name Hangout: [e-mail]

[@rando168]

I am here again because of Tweek X Craig!! \

[@XxKarenHehexX]

Yes, I love Tweek and Craig!

[@verdatum]

Yup, I can still use this song to cry uncontrollably on command. I try to check in every year or so.

[@Xarantaur3020]

I literally can't even listen to this song because It immediately makes me cry

[@matuteee6703]

Tweek and Craig will forever be in my heart

[@Aquagrrrl]

Same

[@trujon0310]

That voice is a gift from God to us all!

[@Ginger57]

🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@monaliemonalie]

17:48 Uhr Berlin, Samstag, den 28. Dezember 2024 Monique Eckert war hier. Merci. Great Music all the time in my little life. I love it❤❤❤

[@aubriekavanaugh6324]

I have always loved this one. It is both sad and celebratory and reflective all at the same time. It hear and and see images from my past; some perfect, some happy, some sad and all precious.

[@HTTRforLIFE]

PERFECTLY SAID!

[@johnfilus4901]

Whenever I hear this and other songs it reminds me of how much I believe my dad loved my mom. R.I.P. dad and I hope someday my mom realizes how much he loved her.

[@ginamc427]

Peter's voice is always magical....luv it

[@SintHonek]

nobody but Peter is able to put as much heart in this song as he can. ♥♥♥ ♪ ♪

[@TiborRoussou]

"And things we're all too young to know"; age is a high price to pay for knowledge and wisdom!

[@VendettaAllan]

Tibor Roussou Stephen was talking about condoms

[@danielturner2486]

That's depressingly true.

[@davidharter5390]

As it should be .... nothing good is free or easily obtainable .... it takes effort and time

[@jessicasobolewski2580]

“We’re all too young to know” implies every human is too young to know.

[@whitebirchtarot]

It certainly is a high price! I want my money back. 😊

[@eileensmith-h6u]

This is one of the most elegant and beautiful song ever written. Sung by a gifted and soul touching master ❤❤

[@aleksandraivin6999]

This is The greatest love song ever written and iz is even better When Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon dances to iz in The beautiful mobile "Shall we dance". Greetings from Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷❤️

[@bridgetharris698]

There’s music that I have to hear on grey raining days, Floyd, Tull, Zeppelin, but Peter Gabriel owns those rainy days and grey days of fall and winter… I thank the music gods for him..

[@envy99976]

I’ve only just discovered this song after hearing it on radio yesterday. How has it passed me by so long....it’s pure class!

[@kiirsttx]

So beautiful... Tears in my eyes 🖤

[@Benjamin_Kibbey_Author]

This is a sad song for me. It will always be a sad song for me, because life does that with songs sometimes, but it will also always be one of the most beautiful combinations of words and phrases I have ever heard. Always.

[@eringetting8905]

I just heard the original by Magnetic Fields in the Ordinary Love trailer and felt it was sweet and loving and thoughtful - I cried, and knew I needed to figure out who sang it. Lo and behold, I found this. Wow. The strings arrangement and the vocal harmony took it to a whole new level. Just beautiful.

[@dianeburgess3467]

Such a magical voice. Peter Gabriel is so unique when it comes to his songs. Red Rain is fantastic and his song Biko always reduces me to tears, just like this. There is also a different version, 2cellos and Zucchero where he sings in Italian. Definitely suits Zucchero's voice and worth listening to. Peter's voice is raw here, where Zucchero's is seductive and sublime.

[@adrienbray1352]

Just to be aware, this song was written by Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields and is on their 69 Love Songs album - his version is well worth listening to 😉

[@ermanbaradi8548]

Amazing to me how this song sonically captures the word "memory."

[@swayjaayy5495]

Possibly the most beautiful song ever made

[@letuxolozide]

I am walking down the isle with this song.. I have loved it for years. ❤️

[@christophermanguruwe7199]

I walked with this song , it was epic

[@emilychristmas2831]

This was my first dance song ❤

[@StevenWDix]

I don't agree with his thoughts on the book, but I loved how he turned this into a love song about his wife, he may not have understood the world, but he understood where his music came from and why. That inspires me to always look for ways to write a song about love in a new and different way in the back of my mind. Something had to spark him to write this song, and I imagine it was the sound of her voice comforting him. A really nice piece of music.

[@Jarl_Thidrandi]

This song is melancholic for me. I discovered it in the aftermath of a horrible break up, that left me emotionally scarred and unable to find love again to this day. It was also around the time i discovered mushrooms, so there's a strange sadness and beauty associated with this song in my psyche, and for some reason i keep coming back.

[@Eleutherarch]

Sorry for asking but did the pain of your break up ease? I am just the imprint of the person I was. I cannot derive real joy or pleasure from anything yet. I'm trying to stay busy but nothing really helps.

[@justpassingthroughthistime9947]

First time I have heard this song. watching the movie. I am a completely broken down mess. How more beautiful could this get? Bravo

[@panteramusica8974]

Beautiful song. The strings in this arrangement are so important. That's who we are as humans. Strong but breakable. We are vulnerable and strong at the same time. Peter Gabriel's version captures this idea.

[@lynharrod5087]

Pantera...Beautifully said! 4/2020.

[@marylongo1952]

Did they say,who,who wrote the book of love

[@berndriedel7776]

Heard this today for the first time on an Austrian radio station Oe3, what a powerful and emotional song👍

[@TheIronicTea]

One of the greatest covers ever made. It makes the song even better.

[@MrBahBZ]

+TheIronicTea Absolutely. Also, what's up Manny Calavera!

[@beauxarlesoiseau5818]

Noooooooo The Magnetic Fields’ version is perfection 😍

[@vulvalblowfish3671]

He did for the Magnetic Fields here kinda like what Jeff Buckley did for Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah... Rare covers where haunting performances made great songwriting resonate across wider times and people. I fkin love music :)

[@gamr4367]

On Yellowstone , Emmett died in his sleep with his head on his saddle looking up at the stars, after rounding cattle for branding. When John informed the wife waiting at the end of the round up,this song instantly inspired me. No tears ,but plenty of heart wrench!

[@mariarosadosreis8987]

Linda música. ( Brasil)

[@sbrostiansbrosorpitorps6315]

His voice can melt hearts..

[@ronaldcowan5894]

This song really touches me at 79 years of age so many memories

[@christennant8690]

Cannot help but be emotional when I hear this song.

[@SirSciborg]

I heard this song many years ago and enjoyed it, but coming back to listen again now that I have experienced it myself is completely different.

[@boodoo1132]

J.D deserves all the love he seen

[@ewanjphillips-g3m]

Just finished watching that episode

[@reece005]

Lol and me 😂😂

[@ramongorostegi718]

Maravillosa canción

[@lelehart3]

I love this man. I love it when he sings to me.

[@StephanieKOAStevens]

I love that in the sheet music it says the song should be sung "with wisdom"

[@gamingadventureswithcharli1640]

That is lovely, thanks for sharing!

[@susannabonke8552]

True. Might bei overseen. Then we keep complaining: why me...👍🎁☀️

[@morrigankasa570]

Yep, especially because what is Love without Wisdom or Wisdom without Love. You can Love foolishly and/or too easily which often leads to bad or at least empty relationships. You can be too Wisdom focused which can lead to excessive Logic which then leads to an empty Life. Therefore, you need both together for the best existence. You still need to be open to Love & Companionship yet temper it with Wisdom to prevent Foolish Loves/Relationships. Just like you need the Wisdom to understand that importance.

[@barbaralucore2255]

So true

[@hildaarredondo7917]

​@@morrigankasa570 más que con sabiduría creo que con sentimiento ❤️✨🙏🇦🇷

[@gregbertsch349]

Just a beautiful song for absolutely no reason at all!

[@aestheticcruise8807]

"To most people love comes naturally, but for some are forced to fight"

[@JenniferDaniel-r4j]

I watched my daughter walk down the aisle to this song. Chokes me every time.

[@seanllewellyn9443]

Love this song. As a massive scrubs fan it means so much and I passed on that love of scrubs onto my younger brother and as his best man he said don’t cry when his bride walks down aisle. I said I don’t cry! That was until she came down aisle to this. He got me good

[@shelleybalderson1401]

🥰🥰🥰

[@Ewolet-un6nn]

Thank you Gabriel😇🎼🎶🎸✌️🌹🕊🕊

[@kennethpainter7809]

Exactly. This is the first time I noticed the song in shall we dance, I Have seen the movie several times though not the beginning. I hope that younger people might listen to this and see the movie, particularly the exchanges between Mr Gere and his wife in the film and see true love has nothing to do with trivial things, and learn the value of commitment, consistency and openness between the ones you love, understanding that if you don't grow together you will certainly grow apart or both become bitter unhappy with yourselves and each other love is to be nurtured and constantly cared for as it grows if not it will wither and die from neglect.

[@cindycrowe-urgo1018]

I had never heard this song before. It is mesmerizing and beautiful.

[@petergabriel7032]

It's indeed a great pleasure for me to have a supportive fan like you. Message me on my hangout indicating your name Hangout: [e-mail]

[@TimothyChambers-k8q]

I listened to this song at 23 and I was a super ultimate who doesn't want to be boring. I want to be exciting. This song is enticing and very romantic. I love this to be my wedding song.

[@ariannab831]

Rediscovering a song you had forgotten but once listened to a lot

[@mamowood_guitars]

Love it! The magic touch of music keep people closer, no matter distance, places, taste...it gives comfort to our heart!

[@RFNMATRIX]

Beautiful, nothing more.

[@SuperMcabral]

This is such a beautiful song and it brings back such wonderful memories of me and my husband.

[@bk_Syndicate_FL850KH]

Craig x Tweek brought me here and I am so glad it did this song is wonderful!

[@paysonbananas2453]

I'm living with my friend right now and in 14, and her parents are fighting about each other taking drugs and all the bad stuff and I was trying to calm down because I didn't know what to do, and I love her family so much for taking me in and treating me as there own and when I lived with my family all it was, was termoil and I love my family alot but it's putting so much stess on me and I once said mom " I think I'd be happier if I want to cps, and not live with you" this song made me really rethink about and I just hope no one is here because there sad, please count your blessings and make every moment worth it...

[@theresaw8525]

Thanks God 4 Peter Gabriel, He always seems to save the day... :)

[@Jason_watts87]

Such a beautiful song I'll be sure to play it on my wedding day ❤❤❤

[@ianp.5728]

One of the best lyrics I ever heared and even with his voice which is really not the best in the whole world, it gives the whole piece even more character and strength. This is so simple...but breathtaking in the same moment, and that makes it iconic and legendary. And it still has the touch of laughter and deep emotion that results out of JD‘s finale in scrubs.

[@johnasker7684]

listen to the version by Mark Vincent with 2 Cellos

[@keithdavison5578]

My granddaughter's first song at her wedding beautiful I hadn't heard it before but now when I hear it I choke up beautiful ❤😢

[@ishtar0077]

This song is lovely. Someone actually feels this way, lovely. The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts, and figures And instructions for dancing But I I love it when you read to me. And you You can read me anything. The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it's just transcendental Some of it's just really dumb But I I love it when you sing to me And you You can sing me anything The book of love is long and boring And written very long ago It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes And things we're all too young to know But I I love it when you give me things And you You ought to give me wedding rings And I I love it when you give me things And you You ought to give me wedding rings You ought to give me Wedding rings

[@alicelockhart4716]

Heart ❤️ felt .... I could listen to it all day and night...ty for all ur beautiful comments... I'm a romantic at heart ❤️...never found anyone else who does 🥀

[@heikehagedorn9080]

❤

[@clarestubbs9303]

​​@@alicelockhart4716I am a romantic at heart too. ❤

[@MayaRose1971]

Was ich vor 2 Jahren schrieb, wollte ich gerade löschen, doch ich zögerte, denn dass was ich schrieb, schrieb ich so wie ich fühlte und dachte. Heute, also jetzt in diesem Moment denke ich...würde irgendwann einmal jemand mein Buch der Liebe lesen, hätte ich bloß ein Buch der Liebe geschrieben, eine unschätzbare Wertschätzung zur Liebe hin und doch würde mir dies niemand glauben, die Wege der Liebe die ich erlebte. Sollte ich irgendwann einmal nicht mehr sein, so verschwinden meine Lebenserfahrungen, meine Irrungen und Wirrungen zur Liebe hin. Meine Geschichte geht dann mit mir, ohne ein Buch der Liebe und leider wenig in der Liebe etwas bewirkt zu haben. Dies ist das Schicksal von zigtmilliarden, die all ihre Bücher der Liebe in den Herzen tragen und sich nicht erfüllten.

[@loriunruh3242]

You need to watch Shall We Dance to get the full effect. (Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, and Richard Gere) One of my fave movies.

[@jmvedro5387]

Heard this song from South Park and always thought it was touching but never knew it was a real song until I looked it up today lol beautiful song for sure!

[@ele1751]

I know that everything is possible... with this song playing in my heart...

[@kareneverett125]

LOVE THIS SONG !!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alfonsodangelo2521]

Vibra il cuore, vibra l'anima,ricordo di momenti persi in abbracci mai dimenticati

[@ceebee18]

Peter, this is the perfect song for you. 💞 🎻 🎶