He's fought and he's fallen
He's on his knees before he's on his feet
A sinister romantic
Oh, he's about to be and she's about to see

Teachin' torches to burn bright
She's hanging on the cheek of night
A snowy dove trooping with crows
He never saw true beauty till tonight

She'll take him to the brink of deliverance
Show him that much
Oh, don't you know it?
Oh, don't you know it?

So he falls in love to feel that he's falling
She'll let him know his heart
Oh, don't you know it?
Oh, don't you know it?
That's Shakespeare in love

He's fought and he's fallen
He's on his knees before he's on his feet
A glittery romantic
Oh, he's about to be and she's about to see

His bounty's boundless like the sea
His love is endless, just as deep
The more he gives the more he has
'Cause both of them are truly infinite

She'll take him to the brink of deliverance
Show him that much
Oh, don't you know it?
Oh, don't you know it?

So he falls in love to feel that he's falling
She'll let him know his heart
Oh, don't you know it?
Oh, don't you know it?
That's Shakespeare in love
That's Shakespeare in love

A sinister romantic
He's on his knees before he's on his feet

She'll take him to the brink of deliverance
Show him that much
Oh, don't you know it?
Oh, don't you know it?

So he falls in love to feel that he's falling
She'll let him know his heart
Oh, don't you know it?
Oh, don't you know it?
That's Shakespeare in love
That's Shakespeare in love