Mariah Carey

Released: July 17, 2020

Songwriter: Ben Margulies Mariah Carey

[Verse 1]
If I could recapture all of the memories
And bring them to life, surely I would
Hear the distant laughter
Wasn't it you and me surviving the night?
You're fading out of my sight swiftly

[Chorus]
You're vanishing
Drifting away
You're vanishing
Ahh, oh

[Verse 2]
I was so enraptured
No sensibility
To open my eyes
I misunderstood
Now you're fading faster
It's suddenly hard to see
You're taking the light
Letting the shadows inside swiftly

[Chorus]
You're vanishing
Drifting away
You're vanishing, oh
You're vanishing
Drifting away
You're, oh

[Verse 3]
Reaching out into the distance
Searching for spirits of the past
Just a trace of your existence to grasp
And if somehow I could recapture
All of the memories
And bring them to life
Lord knows I would

[Verse 4]
But now you're fading faster
Getting so hard to see
Taking the light
Letting the darkness inside swiftly

[Chorus]
You're vanishing
Drifting away
You're vanishing, oh
You're vanishing
Drifting so far away
Whoa
You're vanishing
Whoa, oh-oh-oh, oh yeah
Away

[Outro]
Thank you. This last song was originally recorded by the incomparable Aretha Franklin

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist.

Under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, Carey released her self-titled debut studio album Mariah Carey in 1990; it went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993 and success with hit records “Emotions” (1991), “Music Box” (1993), and “Merry Christmas” (1994), Carey was established as Columbia’s highest-selling act. Daydream (1995) made music history when its second single “One Sweet Day”, a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains the longest-running number-one song in U.S. chart history, along with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito.” During the recording of the album, Carey began to deviate from her R&B and pop beginnings and slowly traversed into hip hop. This musical change became evident with the release of Butterfly (1997), at which time Carey had separated from Mottola.

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