I Will Possess Your Heart

Album: Narrow Stairs (2008)
Charted: 70
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  • How I wish you could see the potential
    The potential of you and me
    It's like a book elegantly bound but
    In a language that you can't read just yet

    You gotta spend some time love, you gotta spend some time with me
    And I know that you'll find love, I will possess your heart
    You gotta spend some time love, you gotta spend some time with me
    And I know that you'll find love, I will possess your heart

    There are days when outside your window
    I see my reflection as I slowly pass
    And I long for this mirrored perspective
    When we'll be lovers, lovers at last

    You gotta spend some time love, you gotta spend some time with me
    And I know that you'll find love, I will possess your heart
    You gotta spend some time love, you gotta spend some time with me
    And I know that you'll find love, I will possess your heart

    I will possess your heart
    I will possess your heart

    You reject my advances and desperate pleas
    I won't let you, let me down so easily, so easily

    You gotta spend some time love, you gotta spend some time with me
    And I know that you'll find love, I will possess your heart
    You gotta spend some time love, you gotta spend some time with me
    And I know that you'll find love, I will possess your heart
    You gotta spend some time love, you gotta spend some time with me
    And I know that you'll find love, I will possess your heart

    I will possess your heart
    I will possess your heart Writer/s: Benjamin Gibbard, Christopher Walla, Jason Mcgerr, Nicholas Harmer
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

  • Ignatius J. Reilly from Somewhere Between 3rd And 5thThe song is about US colonialism. Watch the video again.

    It’s genius.

    This world needs theology and geometry.
  • Reasonable Human Being from EarthThe negative connotation people are putting on this song is unwarranted. Whether or not you interpret the subject of the song as a "stalker" depends on whether or not there is an existing relationship between the two or not.

    For example, the opening verse suggests that there is an established connection of some kind that the subject is seeking to foster into something better, in saying that their "potential" is like a "book elegantly bound", which suggests a connection has been established.

    There can be an informal relationship in which those involved are not necessarily "lovers". The line "there are days when outside your window, I see my reflection as I slowly pass" could be uncharitably interpreted as a stalker spying, or it could be two people who see each other frequently, and the subject could be suggesting that there is a sort of "reflection" between him and his love interest, and that is usually the spark of any relationship, having commonalities.

    To suggest that there could not be a mutual love interest because one rejects the advances of the other is to ignore bodily autonomy in a relationship. The line "you reject my advances and desperate pleas, I won't let you, let me down so easily" could simply be an attempt to represent that the subject's love interest is pulling away, and the subject does not want to abandon his potential lover in a time of need.

    Perspective is important.
  • Brandi from NunyaThis song is creepy...anyone who has been stalked knows how dangerous it can be. I hate this song.
  • Mary from Glendale, CaThis is a great song! I always heard it as a stalker anthem, but it's so haunting and, yes, addictive. The lyrics are really inspired. Think about it from the "spirit perspective" with God as the stalker. Spooky.
  • Holden from Salt Lake City, UtSure it's a stalker anthem, but look at it from the narrator's perspective. From his point of view, he's just being tenacious in his conquest to gain the love and affection of another.
  • Cliff from Baker, LaAbsolutely dig this tune.Really like the video also.
  • Corey from Richmond, VaIt's a stalker's anthem.
  • Edward Pearce from Ashford, Kent, EnglandPossibly my favourite song of 2008.
  • Sam from Powell, OhThis song is really addicting, and it's one of my favorite songs by Death Cab. The instrumental intro is excellent!
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