The Jonas Brothers' 'I Believe' Lyrics Are Nick's Tribute to Priyanka Chopra and Their Whirlwind Romance
Priyanka Chopra just became the recipient of her own Jonas Brothers love song tonight on the boys' Happiness Begins album. Months before it came out, Billboard revealed which track Priyanka and Nick Jonas's romance really inspired: "I Believe."
The slow jam is about just knowing someone is the one even if people think you're crazy to move so fast in that relationship. That idea truly reflects Nick and Priyanka's real-life experience, with lyrics like: "Call me crazy / People saying that we move too fast / But I've been waiting, and for a reason / Ain’t no turning back / 'Cause you show me something I can't live without / I believe, I believe, I believe."
For real-life context, the two got together in May last year and got engaged in July after years of on-off talking and buildup to their first date. As the two recounted to Vogue, Nick proposed on the midnight after Chopra's birthday."I got down on one knee, again, and I said: Will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?” Nick said. “No joke-she took about 45 seconds. Forty-five seconds of silence.” Nick then told her, "I’m going to put this ring on your finger now unless you have any objections.”
Nick even told Vogue that he felt like he and Priyanka had already been together in past lives. He said he felt like they were on their third or fourth now, but “I’ll take seven more.” (He alludes to this in the lyric, "Every night / Every day / How about every lifetime.")
Nick and Priyanka moved fast, sure, but their connection was powerful enough to calm all their doubts. Priyanka spoke before about how she nearly got cold feet before the wedding, then she saw Nick. "I had a freak-out moment right before I walked down the aisle," she told Andy Cohen. "I was about 40 minutes late, because I was just like, ’75-foot train. Do I even know what I'm doing?' Like, a full freak-out moment. But then that door opened, and I saw his face, and…" Chopra motioned a tear going down her cheek with her finger because he was enough to assure her she was making the right choice.
With that background, below, the lyrics via Genius to take in. You can stream "I Believe" and the rest of Happiness Begins here on Spotify.
Verse 1: Nick Jonas
Every night, every day; how about every lifetime?
Yeah, I know what they say, and that's fine
'Cause I'm here to stay through the good and the bad times
Babe, you send me to space and you're mine, yeah
Pre-Chorus: Nick Jonas
Call me crazy
People saying that we move too fast
But I've been waiting, and for a reason
Ain’t no turning back
Chorus: Nick Jonas
'Cause you show me something I can't live without
I believe, I believe, I believe
When you hold me, it's like Heaven coming down
I believe, I believe, I believe
Post-Chorus: Nick Jonas
That you show me (Show me, show me)
That you show me (Show me, show me)
Verse 2: Joe Jonas
Everywhere that I go, feeling you all around me
Now that I got you close, I'm all right
Baby, I didn't know, but I'm glad that you found me
'Cause I'm seeing the most in your eyes, oh yeah, yeah
Pre-Chorus: Joe Jonas & Nick Jonas
Call me crazy
People saying that we move too fast (Too fast)
But I've been waiting for a reason
Ain’t no turning back
Chorus: Nick Jonas
'Cause you show me something I can't live without (Ah yeah, yeah)
And I believe, I believe, I believe
When you hold me (When you hold me)
It's like Heaven coming down (Mmm, yeah, yeah)
I believe, I believe, I believe
Post-Chorus: Nick Jonas
That you show me (Show me, show me), you show me
That you show me (Show me, show me), you show me
Bridge: Nick Jonas & Joe Jonas
Doesn't matter anymore, now I got you here with me
Nothing matters any longer, now I got you here with me
I think about you every time I, every time I lose myself again
I lose myself again
Chorus: Nick Jonas
'Cause you show me something I can't live without
I believe, I believe, I believe
When you hold me, it's like Heaven coming down
I believe, I believe, I believe
'Cause you show me something I can't live without (Oh yeah)
And I believe, I believe, I believe
When you hold me (When you hold me)
It's like Heaven coming down
I believe, I believe, I believe
Post-Chorus: Nick Jonas
'Cause you show me (Show me, show me)
(Show me something I can't live without)
That you show me (Show me, show me), no, no
(And I believe, I believe, I believe)
(When you hold me, it's like) Heaven coming down
(Show me, show me)
'Cause you show me (Show me, show me)
I believe, I believe, I believe you
Outro: Nick Jonas
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Yeah
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