What is that sound 
Ringing in my ears 
The strangest sound 
I've heard for years and years 
The sound of two hearts 
Beating side by side 
The sound of one love 
That neither one can hide 

The sound that makes the world go round 
The sound that makes the world go round 

What is that sound [bad word] round my head 
Funny I thought 
That part was long since dead 
But now there's new life 
Coursing through my veins 
Because there's someone 
Who'll make it beat again 

The sound that makes the world go round 
The sound that makes the world go round 
The sound that makes the world go round 
The sound that makes the world go round 

What is that sound 
Ringing in my ears 
The strangest sound 
I've heard for years and years 
The sound of two hearts 
Beating side by side 
The sound of one love 
That neither one can hide 

Written by a. barlow / l. rhodes