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This version of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is one of the fifteen drafts Elton John and Tim Rice composed for the song. It is a love ballad between Simba and Nala.
Information
In a story outline written in September 1992, back when the film was titled King of the Jungle, the song is played when Simba seeks to convince Nala to stay with him in the jungle.[1] Prior to this, Simba had confessed his guilt regarding his father's death to her.
This version was test-screened on January 26, 1993 before the directors removed it, having decided that it was an "unearned" moment between Simba and Nala.[2] When John attended a screening of the film with the song removed, he angrily petitioned to then-Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg on the phone to place the song back into the film.[3] Additionally, Rice explained to the Los Angeles Times that it would have been "difficult to animate a slow ballad which doesn't advance the plot in most of its forms".[4]
Lyrics
| Simba: |
| There's a calm surrender |
| To the rush of day |
| When the heat of the rolling world |
| Can be turned away |
| Nala: |
| An enchanted moment |
| Any heart would fall |
| Paradise that I can't help wondering |
| Should I be here at all |
| Chorus: |
| Can you feel the love tonight |
| Won't you stay to see |
| Stealing through the night's uncertainties |
| A truth for you and me |
| Nala: |
| Somewhere there's a reason |
| Why I have to go |
| Keep away from this star-crossed voyager |
| That I don't want to know |
| Simba: |
| Never trust the future |
| Never miss the past |
| If you live for the shining moment |
| The moment may just last |
| Chorus: |
| And can you feel the love tonight |
| It is where we are |
| It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer |
| That we got this far |
| Can you feel the love tonight |
| (Can you feel the love) |
| Won't you stay to see |
| (Won't you stay to see) |
| Stealing through the night's uncertainties |
| A truth for you and me |
| Stealing through the night's uncertainties |
| A love for you and me |
Video
THE LION KING Can you feel the LOVE tonight - extra old original version (VIDEO)
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
