“Melt Away” is a song Mariah wrote with Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds for her Daydream album, released in 1995. “I really love working with Kenny because he's smart and really easy to work with,” Mariah told Jeff Lorez in 1995. “I'm the kind of person where if someone starts playing something on the piano I can write a melody on top. It's one of my favorite things to do. He's the kind of person who can just sit down and come up with something, so we really vibe with each other. Believe it or not, my natural voice is very low. I was just experimenting on that song, singing an octave lower than where I normally would and Babyface said, ‘You should start it out like that because not a lot of people have that low range like that.’ ”
You come to me with a casual flow
And suddenly my defenses start to go
When you talk to me in that sensual tone
It envelopes me and I lose my self control
And baby I just melt away
Fall like rain
Every time I see your face I go off
I just want to break it down
Anytime you come around
Maybe I could melt away in your arms
Imagining that you're taking it slow
And so tenderly
'Till the feeling overflows
When you look at me I go soft and cave in
And I can't conceal that I'm slowly weakening
And baby I just melt away
Fall like rain
Every time I see your face I go off
I just want to break it down
Anytime you come around
Maybe I could melt away in your arms
You and me in a cloud of reverie
Spin around inside my head unendingly
Thoughts run wild as I sit and rhapsodize
Paint pretty pictures of what I'd do if you were mine
And baby I just melt away
Fall like rain
Every time I see your face I go off
I just want to break it down
Anytime you come around
Maybe I could melt away in your arms
Lyrics and music: Mariah Carey, Babyface.
Produced by Mariah Carey.
