Fade Into You
The Avener Feat. Mazzy Star Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴I wanna hold the hand inside you
I wanna take the breath that's true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth

You live your life, you go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go black
Some kind of night into your darkness

Colors your eyes with what's not there

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew

A stranger's light comes on slowly
A stranger's heart is out of home
You put your hands into your head
A million smiles cover your heart

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew

Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you

I think it's strange you never knew
I think it's strange you never knew

Overall Meaning

The song 'Fade Into You' by The Avener Feat. Mazzy Star is a poignant contemplation of love and emotional connection that transcends physical boundaries. The singer of the song expresses a deep desire to be intimately connected to the person they love, and to understand them at a primal level. They use the metaphor of 'holding the hand inside you' and 'taking the breath that's true' to describe this need for emotional closeness. However, the singer is unable to find this level of intimacy in their partner, who seems to live their life 'in shadows' and 'go black' when they fall apart. The person they love is mysterious and elusive, and this darkness seems to color their perception of reality - 'some kind of night into your darkness, colors your eyes with what's not there.'

The chorus of the song, 'Fade into you, strange you never knew', speaks to the singer's sense of longing and despair over this lack of emotional connection. Despite their best efforts to understand and connect with their partner, they seem to be forever at a distance - an unbridgeable gap between them. The singer senses that their partner is a stranger to them, with a 'stranger's heart out of home.' They see the million smiles that cover their heart, but they are unable to penetrate this veneer.

Line by Line Meaning

I wanna hold the hand inside you
I desire to have an intimate emotional connection with you

I wanna take the breath that's true
I long to experience your authentic self

I look to you and I see nothing
When I look at you, I perceive emptiness and lack of meaning

I look to you to see the truth
I expect to find honesty and authenticity in you

You live your life, you go in shadows
You exist in obscurity and secrecy

You'll come apart and you'll go black
You will suffer disintegration and darkness of the soul

Some kind of night into your darkness
A dark and troubling time has fallen over you

Colors your eyes with what's not there
You see imaginary things that are not real

Fade into you
I gradually merge into you and lose my identity

Strange you never knew
It's strange that you never realized how deep our connection is

A stranger's light comes on slowly
I start to feel a foreign energy around you

A stranger's heart is out of home
You have a sense of displacement and alienation

You put your hands into your head
You are troubled and distressed

A million smiles cover your heart
You conceal your true feelings behind a facade of happiness

I think it's strange you never knew
I find it strange that you never realized how deeply I feel for you

Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: David Roback, Hope Sandoval

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