“Rising Desire” is the third single released from Stephanie Mills‘ 1985 self-titled album.
The song peaked at #11 on Billboard’s R&B Singles chart (staying on the chart for 14 weeks) in 1986.
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Rising desire
Fire of the heart
Rising desire
Felt it from the start
Rising desire
Fire of the heart
Rising desire
Tears my life apart
Why do I feel this way about you in my life?
You weren't here for me
When I asked to have you near
Now things have turned around
You want to be with me
I'm tried to fight your love
But it so agrees with me
Rising desire
Fire of the heart
Rising desire
Felt it from the start
How can it be your eyes
So deep inside of me
Strange magnetism in your personality
It's getting scary how your presence shakes my life
I lose all self-control
When I'm with you through the night
To hold you in my arms
Is more than I can bear
But looking in your eyes
I don't know if you care
Rising desire
Fire of the heart
(Fire of the heart)
Rising desire
Felt it from the start
(I felt it)
Rising desire
Fire of the heart
(Fire of the heart)
Rising desire
(Ooh, ooh)
Tears my life apart
Yet still you haunt my dreams
As strange as it may seem
Love and desire
Burning deep within me
And you are the answer to my needs
But it seems like there's always something between us
And it tears me apart
More and more as the days go by
Ho, baby
Rising desire
(I'm rising, I'm rising)
Rising desire
Felt it from the start
(Oh, baby)
Rising desire
(I can't stand it, don't want it)
Rising desire
Tears my life apart
(Oh, oh, oh, baby)
Rising desire
(I can't stand it and I can't come back)
Rising desire
(Oh, oh, oh)
Rising
Mmm
Oh, I can't fight it
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I don't wanna fight it
Oh, oh
Rising
Oh, baby
It's in your eyes
It's in your arms, ooh
It's in your walk, baby
Ey, hey
Hoo
It's in your eyes, yeah
It's in your walk, baby
It's in your arms, yeah
Ho, baby
Rising desire
Fire of the heart
(Oh, oh, oh, baby)
Rising desire
(Oh)
Felt it from the start
(It's in your eyes)
Rising desire
(It's in your walk, baby, it's in your arms)
Rising desire
(Oh, oh, ho)
Tears my life apart
(It's in your walk, baby)
Rising desire
(It's in your arms, ooh, ooh)
Rising desire
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Felt it from the start
(Baby)
Rising desire
Rising Desire was written by Raymond Jones.
Rising Desire was produced by George Duke.