Obsession

Album: Animotion (1984)
Charted: 5 6
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  • You are an obsession (you are an obsession)
    I cannot sleep (I cannot sleep)
    I am a possession (I am your possession)
    Unopened at your feet
    There's no balance (there is no balance)
    No equality (no equality)
    Be still (be still)
    I will not accept defeat (I will not accept defeat)

    I will have you, yes, I will have you
    I will find a way and I will have you
    Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
    I will collect you and capture you

    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?

    I feed you, I drink you
    By day and by night
    I need you, I need you
    By sun or candlelight
    You protest, you want to leave
    Stay, oh, there's no alternative (there's no alternative)

    Your face appears again, I see the beauty there
    But I see danger, stranger, beware
    Of circumstance in your naked dreams
    Your affection is not what it seems

    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?

    My fantasy (my fantasy)
    Has turned to madness (has turned to madness)
    And all my goodness (and all my goodness)
    Has turned to badness (has turned to badness)
    My need to possess you has consumed my soul
    My life is trembling, I have no control

    I will have you, yes, I will have you
    I will find a way and I will have you
    Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
    I will collect you and capture you

    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
    You are an obsession, you're my obsession
    Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me?
    You are an obsession

    You are an obsession, you're my obsession Writer/s: Holly Knight, Michael Philip Des Barres
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, COHEN AND COHEN, Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Radaway from Netherlands 'spoken-word verses by Des Barres, giving the song a far more sinister feel. ' .....It's more than that . It's a stroke of genius ! I somehow missed this when in the 80's . I hear it now ..its right up there with the depeche modes, erasures, Petshop ,if not then even more. Thanks Animotion ....!!
  • Bobo from LevittownI believe the show that featured this awesome song as the models walked down the runway was called Fashion Television hosted by Jeanie Becker in the 90's. Great song, great show. Just thought you'd like the specifics.
  • Esskayess from Dallas, TxIf he's a stalker, why does she keep saying 'I will have you'? Sounds like she's well aware of his attention and welcomes it.
  • Chris from Claremont, CaFirst heard this during the early to mid ninties on VH1's fashion catwalk show
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