The song “I Wish You Knew” was included on Mariah's 2005 album, The Emancipation Of Mimi. “‘I Wish You Knew’ is a song that I wrote with Big Jim Wright,” Mariah said about the song. “We recorded it with a live band and I sang with the band as they were laying down their track so they could feel where I was gonna go, and it was a really good experience singing parts to the guitar player or whatever instruments were going on, just having the live moment. And I added the live audience in there, there's like a spoken section and it's giving you old-school kind of Diana Ross moments, of like a live concert where she'll just break down a song and start talking. And I was kinda joking when I did it in the studio but then my friends were there and they were like, ‘You should leave that.’ ”
I've got to see you
Wherever you are
And I've got to be there
I'm wishing on stars
I've got to reveal
What's inside of my heart
But the words escape me
And I'm paralyzed
So helpless when I
Look into your eyes
And how I wish you only knew
What I feel inside for you you
Probably haven't got a clue
But I wish you knew
How I love you baby
Honestly I know it's silly of me
To want you so badly
But keep it concealed
See my inferiority complex kicks in
And the words escape me
And I'm paralyzed
So helpless when I
Look into your eyes
And how I wish you only knew
What I feel inside for you
You probably haven't got a clue
But I wish you knew
How I love you baby
Written by M. Carey, J. Wright.
Produced by Mariah Carey and James “Big Jim” Wright.
