Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
This was Savage Garden’s breakout hit. “I Want You” was released in North America in February of 1997, where it peaked at No. 4 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and by April had achieved gold status according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It would also become a #1 si...
[Verse 1]
Anytime I need to see your face, I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where your crystal mind
And magenta feelings take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola
I don't need to try to explain; I just hold on tight
And if it happens again, I might move so slightly
To the arms and the lips and the face of the human cannonball
That I need to, I want to
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, come stand a little bit closer
Breathe in and get a bit higher
You'll never know what hit you
When I get to you
[Chorus]
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I would die to find out
[Verse 2]
I'm the kind of person who endorses a deep commitment
Getting comfy, getting perfect is what I live for
But a look, then a smell of perfume
It's like I'm down on the floor and I don't know what I'm in for
Conversation has a time and place
In the interaction of a lover and a mate
But the time of talking, using symbols, using words
Can be likened to a deep sea diver
Who is swimming with a raincoat
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, come stand a little bit closer
Breathe in and get a bit higher
You'll never know what hit you
When I get to you
[Chorus]
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I would die to find out
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh, ah) Yeah yeah
(Ooh, ah) Yeah yeah
[Verse 1]
Anytime I need to see your face, I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where your crystal mind
And magenta feelings take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola
I don't need to try to explain; I just hold on tight
And if it happens again, I might move so slightly
To the arms and the lips and the face of the human cannonball
That I need to, I want to
[Chorus]
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I would die to find out (So can we find out?)
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I would die to find out
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but
Ooh, I'd die to find out (I'd die to find out)
Ooh, I want you, I don't know if I need you, but (Oh, why can't we find out?)
Ooh, I would die to find out
I Want You was written by Daniel Jones & Darren Hayes.
I Want You was produced by Charles Fisher & Savage Garden.
Savage Garden released I Want You on Mon May 27 1996.
I have such a soft spot for this song and it just keeps coming back. It’s based on a dream that I had where I fell in love with a boy. And when I woke up, I missed him. I didn’t know how I would ever feel that feeling again. I had this almost beautiful melancholy, romantic grief. I remembered everyt...