“Stranger” is the eighth track on Goldfrapp’s sixth studio album, Tales of Us. It’s the only song on the album whose title is not a given the subject’s name.
The song features a lush orchestral arrangement with Alison Goldfrapp’s crystalline vocal at the fore. Narratively it’s about a mysterious st...
[Verse 1]
Stranger, when you look at me
Eyes strong as steel, light as day
Born a mystery, you're the in between
Boy or girl
[Verse 2]
Wilder than I've known before
Fire rushes through every vein
With that smile that sings
You'll be killing me tenderly
[Pre-Chorus]
Every word is soft as fur
I'm drifting deep, deeper in
[Non-Lyrical Chorus]
[Refrain]
Stranger, will you remember
Stranger, make me remember you
Remember you
[Pre-Chorus]
Taken by the crowd, a tide
It's there, then gone
Do or die
[Non-Lyrical Chorus]
[Refrain]
Stranger, I dream of you, and
Stranger, I will
Never know
Never know
Never know
Stranger was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory.
Stranger was produced by Goldfrapp.