 Lyrically, the song features the line "It's the loneliness that's the killer", which occurs only once in the introduction to the Seal version and not at all in the Adamski version.However, the distinctive opening bassline and keyboard melody during the chorus are preserved in almost every version of the song in some form.The song also contains the lyrics "Racism in amongst future kings can only lead to no good, and besides, all our sons and daughters already know how that feels"; this was re-used in Seal's song "Future Love Paradise", which is featured on his debut album.