Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Lyrics
Soft Cell
Lyrics
Something's gotten hold of my heart
Keeping my soul and my senses apart
Something's gotten into my life
Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife
Turning me up, turning me down
Making me smile, making me frown
In a world that was war
I once lived in a time
That was peace
With no trouble at all
But then you came my way
And a feeling I know
Shook my heart
And made me want you to stay
All of my nights
And all of my days
I wanna tell you now
Something's gotten hold of my hand
Dragging my soul to a beautiful land
Something's invaded my night
Painting my sleep with a colour so bright
Changing the grey, changing the blue
Scarlet for me, scarlet for you
I've got to know if this is the real thing
I've got to know what's making my heart sing, oh yeah
A smile and I am lost for a lifetime
Each minute spent with you is the right time
Every hour (yeah) every day (yeah)
You touch me and my mind goes astray
And baby yeah, and baby yeah
Something's gotten hold of my hand
Dragging my soul to a beautiful land
Something's gotten into my life
Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife
Turning me up, turning me down
Making me smile, making me frown
In a world that was war
I once lived in a time
That was peace
With no trouble at all
But then you, you, you
Came my way
And a feeling I know
Shook my heart
And made me want you to stay
All of my nights
And all of my days
Something's gotten hold of my heart
Keeping my soul and my senses apart
Something's invaded my night
Painting my sleep with a colour so bright
Changing the grey, changing the blue
Scarlet for me, scarlet for you
Song & Lyrics Facts
Soft Cell's "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" is a synthpop single released in 1989. It was written by Mike Hazlewood and Marc Almond, the lead vocalist for Soft Cell, and produced by Mike Thorne.
The song appears on the band's fifth studio album, "This Last Night In Sodom", which was released in 1984. The track became their biggest hit in the UK, reaching number 2 on the charts. The lyrics tell a story of a man who has fallen deeply in love with a woman he cannot have, and how it affects him emotionally. The band members included singer Marc Almond and keyboardist David Ball. The song was covered by British singer Gene Pitney in 1993, and achieved similar success in the UK.