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The culmination of six months planning, a man on Twitter tweeted all the lyrics to what he called the “most romantic song in history” and revealed his prank on Valentine’s Day.
The man, Brendan Milove, tweeted “Theeeeeere. It. Is. After 6 months of work my Valentine’s Day Message to you is finally ready! Read the first word of each of my tweets.”
And “there” is actually the first word to start with. If you look at his tweets, the first word of each spells out “There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea,” which is the beginning to—yup—Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose.”
Here are the tweets making up the first line of the song.
Theeeeeere. It. Is. After 6 months of work my Valentine’s Day Message to you is finally ready! Read the first word of each of my tweets <3
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 14, 2019
Used the name “Barndoor McGillicutty” on a few websites and now Barndoor has been getting credit card offers.
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 13, 2019
To really get going in the morning I like to have two cups of coffee and then softly say the names of all my enemies to myself in the mirror.
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 13, 2019
Be proud of yourself ya turd
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 13, 2019
A guy cut me off on my drive home and immediately got arrested I’ve never been so turned on in my life
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 13, 2019
Greying hair isn’t bad it just means you’re staring in The Santa Clause 4
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 13, 2019
Tower of Power will be in Pasadena in April if literally all of twitter wants to come with me
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 12, 2019
Alone time aka hanging out with my BEST FRIEND LOLplshelp
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 12, 2019
On my 75th birthday I just want to rock a red dress just like @DianaRoss
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 11, 2019
The San Diego Improv Festival is tonight! Earhart goes on stage at 8!
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 11, 2019
Sea Lions are my spirit animal and if you don’t care that’s exactly my point.
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 9, 2019
And it continues from there, going through the entire song!
People on Twitter loved the joke.
I give this the seal of approval.
— MSMartin (@MSMartin44) February 14, 2019
Can’t wait to see what you have planned for Arbor Day!
— Ian Nachemin (@inac88) February 14, 2019
Holy shit my dude
— High-Stakes Rambling (@loganmirto) February 14, 2019
Someone spoiled this V-day surprise for me a day early, and it was worth it.
— Adam Hlavac (@adamhlavac) February 14, 2019
Dedication. Damn.
— Murphhh 🏍 (@JustinMurphy) February 14, 2019
Gather round, folks. We’re witnessing @Twitter history.
— Stephen Boatright (@stevieboatleft) February 14, 2019
It’s definitely got to be Twitter history in that the lyrics to a Seal song have probably never been slowly spelled out one by one over a period of six months, but’s not exactly Twitter history in that it’s not the first song to receive this treatment. As Milove pointed out, a Twitter user going by @CostcoRiceBag used the same format to tweet out all the words to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Also, to be extra clear, the above twitterer did this super amazing idea with Bohemian Rhapsody last year. I just took the template to honor the most romantic song in history.
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 14, 2019
And apparently another Twitter user, @dctrjack did it with “99 Problems” back in 2014.
@dctrjack did this with 99 Problems in 2014! Follow that man!
— Brendan Milove (@BrendanMilove) February 14, 2019
Even though it’s technically been done before, it’s a hilarious surprise from someone who seems to have been tweeting innocuously for months. As for it being the “most romantic song in history,” well, no argument from us!
