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Robbie Williams - Eternity

"Eternity"/"The Road to Mandalay" is the fifth single from Robbie Williams' 2000 Sing When You're Winning album, released in July 2001.

"Eternity" does not appear in the album but it was later included on Williams' Greatest Hits album.

The video for Eternity is a sequel to "The Road to Mandalay". Mixed with scenes from the first video are scenes of Williams and his girlfriend lounging around their house, playing pool and walking along the beach and on the trampoline. These scenes are also intercut with scenes of Williams and his girlfriend standing opposite each other, looking wistfully at each other. The end of the video shows Williams giving his girlfriend a long parting kiss, then being handcuffed and led away by the police, who tracked him down from clues left at the scene of the robbery. Williams' girlfriend is played by Australian model Lisa Seiffert.

The single became Williams' fourth number-one hit in the United Kingdom and his second in New Zealand, it made its mark around Europe charting inside the top ten in most countries, the single went on to sell 70,186 in its first week in the United Kingdom, and overall sales exceeded the 340,000 copies being certified Silver by the BPI.

The lyrics of "Eternity" were written as a tribute to Williams' close friendship with Geri Halliwell and was the 20th best selling single of 2001 in the UK and features Brian May of Queen on guitar.

The lyrics:

Close your eyes so you don't feel them

They don't need to see you cry

I can't promise I will heal you

But if you want to I will try

Sing this summer serenade

The past is done, we've been betrayed

It's true, some might say the truth will out

But I believe without a doubt in you

You were there for summer dreaming

And you gave me what I need

And I hope you find your freedom

For eternity, for eternity

Yesterday when we were walking

You talked about your mom and dad

What they did that made you happy

What they did that made you sad

We sat and watched the sun go down

Then picked a star before we lost

The moon, youth is wasted on the young

Before you know it's come and gone too soon

You were there for summer dreaming

And you gave me what I need

And I hope you find your freedom

For eternity, for eternity

You were there for summer dreaming

And you are a friend indeed

And I hope you find your freedom for eternity

You were there for summer dreaming

And you are a friend indeed

And I know you find your freedom

Eventually, for eternity, for eternity