"The World Is Not Enough" is the main theme and opening song for the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. It is from the point of view of Elektra King expressing her greed and desire for power.
The song was performed by Scottish-American rock band Garbage.
Lyrics[]
I know how to hurt
I know how to heal
I know what to show
And what to conceal
I know when to talk
And I know when to touch
No one ever died
From wanting too much
The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love
We know when to kiss
And we know when to kill
If we can't have it all
Then nobody will
The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love
I feel sick
I feel scared
I feel ready
And yet unprepared
The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love
The world is not enough
The world is not enough
No, nowhere near enough
The world is not enough
I know how to hurt
I know how to heal
I know what to show
And what to conceal
I know when to talk
And I know when to touch
No one ever died
From wanting too much
The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love
People like us
Know how to survive
There's no point in living
If you can't feel alive
We know when to kiss
And we know when to kill
If we can't have it all
Then nobody will
The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love
I feel sick
I feel scared
I feel ready
And yet unprepared
The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love
The world is not enough
The world is not enough
No, nowhere near enough
The world is not enough
Other Appearances[]
- An extended version of the song was featured in a music video by Garbage, as well as on the album Total Garbage. The video features a homicidal android that can kill people with a kiss that is tasked with an assassination and bombing.
- The film version was featured on the film's soundtrack.
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Trivia[]
- The song is the fifth Bond theme co-written by Don Black.
- IGN chose "The World Is Not Enough" as the ninth-best James Bond theme of all time. In 2012, Grantland ranked the song as the second-best Bond song of all-time, behind only "Goldfinger".
- The song also in two "best of 1999" polls: #87 in 89X's "Top 89 Songs of 1999" and No. 100 in Q101's "Top 101 of 1999".