Original studio version
[Spoken:] Three, four.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
You wake me in the night to your tears falling down, come let me dry them for you
I wish I could tell a story, chase away all those ghosts you've got inside of you
A story of heroes that fight on at any cost of a kingdom of love to be won or lost
We'll fight here together 'til victory is won, come take my hand 'til the morning comes
Just close your eyes
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I know here in the dark tomorrow can seem so very far away
Here the ghosts and the goblins can rise from your dreams to steal your heart away
Together we'll chase those thieves that won't leave you alone out from under the bed, out from over our home
And when the light comes we'll laugh my love at the things that the night had us so frightened of
And until then
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
Ooh ooh ooh...
Ooh ooh ooh...
Ooh ooh ooh...
Now I know it can feel like you're slipping away, at night you'll get lost in that deep dark place
We'll let the night come and do what it may, together we'll find the courage, we'll find faith
Until you awake
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always
Ooh ooh ooh...
I'll stand by you always
Ooh ooh ooh...
Ooh ooh ooh...
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
I'll stand by you always, always, always
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
The above lyrics are for the original studio version of I'LL STAND BY YOU. It's the finished recording that was copyrighted on 13 Jun 2001 and was apparently donated for the Harry Potter movie. See the official studio version for more details.
The original studio version I'LL STAND BY YOU was exclusively given out on an in-house promo CD-R to some very few top executives at Columbia Records. The CD-R was burned on 31 Oct 2001, right around the time when the track was being offered up to the Harry Potter producers, and about a week before the Live In New York City DVD was released. The CD-R contains three tracks: "Song For Harry Potter", "My Hometown (Live)", and "This Hard Land (Live)".
"Song For Harry Potter", which clocks at 5:32, is I'LL STAND BY YOU. The two live cuts are the ones that appeared on Live, a 2-track CD single that was exclusively given away in 2001 as a freebie with purchases of the Live In New York City home video in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.
List of available versions of I'LL STAND BY YOU on this website:
I'LL STAND BY YOU [Official studio version]