Dear Ben

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“Dear Ben” is a song dedicated to Jennifer Lopez’s old flame and actor, Ben Affleck—who dated for a year and even got engaged in November 2002. “Dear Ben”—originally… Read More

Nov. 25, 20021 viewer34.1K views

Dear Ben Lyrics

[Intro]
You're perfect

[Verse 1]
I just can't control myself
I can't be with no one else
It seems I'm addicted to the way you like to touch me
I don't think they understand
Why I love at your command
From the words you speak
So deep our bodies meet, I had to have you

[Chorus]
I love you, you're perfect
A manifestation of my dreams
You make my body feel
About a million different things

[Verse 2]
I think God made you for me
A mix of passionate fidelities
Baby, you're so complete
I write this song to let you know
That you will always be to me
My lust, my love, my man, my child, my friend, and my king

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[Chorus]
I love you, you're perfect
A manifestation of my dreams
You make my body feel
About a million different things
There's no way I'd leave you
It's just not a reality
Sometimes I feel like I'm
Living in a fantasy

About

“Dear Ben” is a song dedicated to Jennifer Lopez’s old flame and actor, Ben Affleck—who dated for a year and even got engaged in November 2002.

“Dear Ben”—originally titled “Perfect”—opens to an “atmosphere of lush strings and sparse percussion”, described as a “starry-eyed paean to fiancé Ben Affleck”. It contains lyrics which detail the characteristics of Lopez’s perfect man.

“Dear Ben” was considered a proclamation of Lopez’s love for Affleck to the media, and has been described as the album’s glowing centerpiece.
Lopez made the decision to change the song’s title to “Dear Ben” the day before This Is Me… Then was sent for manufacturing.