
According to Genius, "Dear Ben" from "This Is Me...Then" was originally called "Perfect," which gives us a pretty clear hint as to how she felt about the subject of the song. Indeed, it was "considered a proclamation of Lopez's love for [Ben] Affleck to the media, and has been described as the album's glowing centerpiece," per Genius.
"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," Lopez sings in the first verse, opening up about how into Affleck she really was. She then adds, "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."
Lopez is just as open in the chorus when she continues by singing, "I love you, you're perfect / A manifestation of my dreams." In the second verse, she also tells Affleck, "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." Obviously, Lopez was seriously smitten with Affleck. That's why the song created a buzz back then and why it's creating a buzz again now that the stars have found their way back to each other.
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