[Chorus]
This strange obsession
Be that a lesson
Means only one thing to me
This side of midnight
You'll cling to sheer life
I'll hold you so tight to me

[Verse 1]
I know that voice anywhere
It's so familiar
I have made my choice
Though we are perfect strangers
Your voice is like our maker's
You cut a shape
So close it sharpens danger
Cuts like a knife
Reveals the man who's stranger

[Chorus]
This strange obsession
Be that a lesson
Means only one thing to me
This side of midnight
You'll cling to sheer life
I'll hold you so tight to me
[Verse 2]
It's turned particularly cold
I feel the hand
Of someone I've known
Who said the same things to me
And used to do
The same thing to me
You cut a shape
So close it sharpens danger
Cuts like a knife
Reveals the man who's stranger

[Chorus]
This strange obsession
Be that a lesson
Means only one thing to me
This side of midnight
You'll cling to sheer life
I'll hold you so tight to me

[Outro]
This strange obsession
This strange obsession
This strange obsession