New Featured Unknown/Underrated Track of the Rock Era: "Vanishing" by Mariah Carey

Yes, that is Mariah Carey singing a low "A", and yes that is also Mariah Carey singing a "C" that is three octaves above "Middle C", all in one great highly underrated song.  This great track from her debut album was never released as a single, and yet it's clearly one of her best.

Vanishing"

by Mariah Carey

Words and Music by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies


If I could recapture
All of the memories
And bring them to life
Surely I would

Hear the distant laughter
Wasn't it you and me
Surviving the night
You're fading out of my sight
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[Chorus:]
You're vanishing
Drifting away
You're vanishing

I was so enraptured
No sensibility
To open my eyes
I misunderstood

Now you're fading faster
It's suddenly hard to see
You're taking the light
Letting the shadows inside
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[Chorus]

Reaching out into the distance
Searching for spirits of the past
Just a trace of your existence to grasp
And if somehow I could recapture
All of the memories
And bring them to life
Lord knows I would

But now you're fading faster
Getting so hard to see
Taking the light
Letting the darkness inside
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[Chorus]