“Mesmerized” is a song Mariah wrote with Loris Holland meant to be featured on the soundtrack for the 2012 film The Paperboy, directed by Lee Daniels. “Lil' excited to share with you that I wrote a song for Lee Daniels' new movie The Paperboy called ‘Mesmerized’!” Mariah tweeted on May 3, 2012. The song was not included on the movie and remained shelved for eight years, until it was included on Mariah's 2020 compilation The Rarities.
I'm testing the microphone
'Cause them regular folk went home
I need ya
Touching you in dreams of blue
In a mesmerizing interlude
Half asleep
Semi conscious
But I know this feeling ain't gonn' pass
The moments that we share seem so very real
Undeniably so
Tough guy exterior
But ooh I got a glimpse
You're falling in love
And you'll never be
(The same again)
Mesmerized
Just say…
Tell me that you want it you want it you want it you want it
Just say…
Tell me that you want it you want it you want it you want it
Touching you in dreams of blue
In a mesmerizing interlude
Half asleep
Semi conscious
But I know this feeling ain't gonn' pass
The moments that we share seem so very real
Undeniably so
Tough guy exterior
But ooh I got a glimpse
You're falling in love
And you'll never be
(The same again)
Mesmerized
Just say…
Tell me that you want it you want it you want it you want it
Just say…
Tell me that you want it you want it you want it you want it
Baby baby baby
I'm here waiting for your call
Just thinking of you
I keep holding on
Baby, I'm mesmerized
Just say…
Tell me that you want it you want it you want it you want it
Just say…
Tell me that you want it you want it you want it you want it
Repeat
Written by Mariah Carey, Loris Holland.
Produced by Mariah Carey. Co-produced by Loris Holland and Randy Jackson.
