You are an obsession
I cannot sleep
I am your possession
Unopened at your feet
There's no balance
No equality
Be still I will not accept defeat

I will have you
Yes, I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly
A wild butterly
I will collect you and capture you

You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me
You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me

I feed you I drink you
My day and my night
I need you I need you
By sun or candlelight
You protest
You want to leave
Stay
Oh, there's no alternative

Your face appears again
I see the beauty there
But I see danger
Stranger beware
A circumstance
In your naked dreams
Your affection is not what it seems

You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me
You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me

My fantasy has turned to madness
And all my goodness
Has turned to badness
My need to possess you
Has consumed my soul
My life is trembling
I have no control

I will have you
Yes, I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly
A wild butterly
I will collect you and capture you

You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me
You are an obsession
You're my obsession
Who do you want me to be
To make you sleep with me


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Obsession Lyrics as written by Tony Williams

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  • +2
    General Comment
    good old school....about a stalker
    temptation777on August 02, 2010   Link
  • +2
    General Comment
    "Your affection is not what it seems"...well now that's a bit transparent.Obsessed much?
    emuInAmuumuuon April 12, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    well its pretty damn obvious and not a little risque..the dual lyrics really nail it. My favourite somf from the 80's nby far, along with other weird damn stuff. lovely.
    nonemoreblackon November 27, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    I think this song is very sexy and compelling. Of course, it would only be hot if the right person were singing it to me...
    goddesscarolineon July 04, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    The lyrics always make me think of Lolita, as though Humbert Humbert were thinking about Lolita and singing it to himself. The "like a butterfly" part especially makes me think so, because Nabokov was a lepidopterist in addition to his other many talents. (I don't think the song was actually written about Lolita, though.)
    sharkycharmingon March 24, 2014   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    this song is slightly creepy, and by slightly i mean like really really creepy.
    StrayCatStyle22on June 10, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    Hot.
    Ratman_84on September 03, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    muah!!! im obsessed with this song (and with the person who introduced me to it)
    chapuon September 08, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    hilarious musicvideo for this song, looks like the songs about Marc Anthony and Cleopatra and their romantic relationship...?
    victorgladiumon June 08, 2009   Link
  • 0
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    OM friggen gosh this is insane. Yes, obsessed much. Seriously read every word of every line. What a nut case lol. I feed you I drink you. Like a butterfly I will capture and collect you. I'm mean there's obsessed but this is insanity. Whoever wrote this is a creepozoid.
    oasisnesson October 05, 2016   Link

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