[TOMT] [Song] hard… 80s Song

I was at the movies last week and before and after each movie, there is music playing there. I heard a song there and I was going to write the lyrics down and google them, but forgot and now I can only remember snippets.

It was a song that sounded like it was from the 80s. It was not the vibrant, colorful 80s wave type of song, but rather calm. Even at the movies with all the base they have in their speaker system and all the volume it sounded rather „weak“ for the lack of a better word.

The only line that I vaguely remember and wanted to write down is what I believe is the chorus or part of it. It went something along the lines of:

„Even if you [… (maybe believe in something?)], you couldn’t/wouldn‘t […]“

I think it may have been believing in some world or something he imagines, but I really don’t remember (the song was sung by a man).

(I was absolutely sure that with only this one line of the lyrics, I was going to find the song)

Before anyone asks, I remember close to nothing else. I can’t vocaroo it or anything. It’s one of those „I’ll know it when I hear it“ types of situations. I have definitely heard it played before. Probably in the radio.

I know that this is not a lot to go off of, but I thought I’d try it here. Thank you to anyone trying to help. I won’t even be mad if no one is able to solve it, because of just how little information I can give you.

Thank you all for trying.

By the way, I am from Europe (Germany) in case this is a song that was/is only popular here.