Lyrically, “Captivate” is about being infatuated with someone and wanting to know if they feel the same way. Sonically, it is an electronic song with pop influences.
[Verse 1]
Caught up in a tempest
Eyes wide and I’m senseless
Tangled up in a star script
Maps back to the mother ship
Lost in your ocean
Heart beat in your eardrum
Learning how to read lips
Fingertips in the darkness
[Refrain]
What do you see
When you’re with me
When I’m the only one?
What do you see
When you are all alone?
What do you see
When you are free?
Can you still feel me holding on?
[Chorus]
I can’t look away
No words to say
You captivate-ate-ate me
I can’t look away
No words to say
You captivate-ate-ate me
[Verse 2]
One look from a distance
Turn tides in an instant
Burned every defense
I feel you reach through my conscience
Wild eyes in the shadows
Begging my hands to lose control
There it goes
[Chorus]
I can’t look away
No words to say
You captivate-ate-ate me
I can’t look away
No words to say
You captivate-ate-ate me
[Post-Chorus]
Captivate-ate-ate me
Never had it better, oh
Never had it better
You captivate-ate-ate me
Never had it better, oh
Never had it better
[Refrain]
What do you see
When you’re with me
When I’m the only one?
What do you see
When you are all alone?
What do you see
When you are free?
Can you still feel me holding on?
[Chorus]
I can’t look away
No words to say
You captivate-ate-ate me
I can’t look away
No words to say
You captivate-ate-ate me
[Post-Chorus]
You captivate-ate-ate me
Never had it better, oh
Never had it better
You captivate-ate-ate me
Never had it better, oh
Never had it better