Fade Into You
Mazzy Star · So Tonight That I Might See
I wanna hold the hand inside you
I wanna take the breath that's true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth
You live your life, you go in shadow
You'll come upon and you'll go black
Some kind of night into your darkness
Close your eyes with what's not there
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
The strange light comes on slowly
A stranger's heart is out of home
You put your hands into your head
And your smiles cover your heart
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
I think it's strange you never knew
I wanna take the breath that's true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth
You live your life, you go in shadow
You'll come upon and you'll go black
Some kind of night into your darkness
Close your eyes with what's not there
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
The strange light comes on slowly
A stranger's heart is out of home
You put your hands into your head
And your smiles cover your heart
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
I think it's strange you never knew
About Fade Into You
"Fade Into You" is Mazzy Star's best-known song and one of the most evocative alternative ballads of the 1990s. Hope Sandoval's vocal is quiet, intimate, and slightly distant, giving the lyric a feeling of longing that never fully resolves. The arrangement is simple but deeply atmospheric, with slide guitar, slow rhythm, and a hazy mix that makes the song feel suspended in late-night memory. Its power comes from understatement: nothing is forced, yet the mood is unmistakable. "Fade Into You" has endured because it captures desire, loneliness, and dreamlike melancholy in a form that feels effortless.