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Janet speaks about a love that she’s acquired over the internet. Even though she’s never met this person, they have a connection unlike any other.
[Intro]
(One, two, one, two, three, four)
[Verse 1]
How could it be that you knew me?
My deepest fears, my fantasies?
Confide in you what no one knows
But it feels so real
(One, two, three, four)
[Pre-Chorus]
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty
[Chorus]
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
(When I close my eyes) Woah, I feel empty
(When I close my eyes)
[Verse 2]
Is this a new way to love?
Never face-to-face, is it enough?
Does it really count or am I a fool?
So tell me, please, am I wasting my time?
Your phrases, descriptive
And through the textured words
With beauty, you post it
And use such colored verbs
We've never met, ooh (One, two, three, four)
[Pre-Chorus]
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty
[Chorus]
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
(When I close my eyes) Woah, I feel empty
(When I close my eyes) Empty
(When I close my eyes)
[Verse 3]
Rushin' home to turn you on
Sometimes you're there, sometimes you're gone (One, two, three, four)
Wait for hours for your return
So tell me, please, am I wasting my time?
Your phrases, descriptive
And through the textured words
With beauty, you post it
And use such colored verbs (One, two, three, four)
So tell me, you think that maybe we've gone insane?
To find a, a lover and through the words of pain (One, two, three, four)
We've never met, ooh (One, two, one, two, three, four)
[Pre-Chorus]
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty
[Chorus]
I feel empty
Woah, I feel empty
So empty
(One, two, three, four)
When I lick my lips (When I close my eyes)
I can taste your smile (When I close my eyes)
My heart starts to race (When I close my eyes)
I can taste your smile (When I close my eyes)
[Post-Chorus]
(One, two, three, four)
(One, two, three, four)
[Pre-Chorus]
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty
[Chorus]
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
(One, two, three, four)
[Outro]
(One, two, one, two, three, four)
(When I close my eyes)
(When I close my eyes)
(When I close my eyes)
(When I close my eyes)
(Four, three, two, one)
(Damn, disconnected)
Empty was written by René Elizondo Jr & Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam & Janet Jackson.
Empty was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson.
Janet Jackson released Empty on Sun Oct 26 1997.
In 1997, to celebrate the release of The Velvet Rope, Janet did a track-by-track commentary with one of her first online fan clubs. Of “Empty,” she wrote:
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