"So Blessed" is the seventh track from Mariah's sophomore album "Emotions." The song was released on September 17, 1991 through Columbia Records and is written and produced by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff.
Composition[]
Author Chris Nickson describes "So Blessed" as a sweet and touching song that showcases Mariah's "softer" side. He states that song's tune recalled both fifties pop ballads and the soul changes of songs like “When a Man Loves a Woman,” as it glided over layers of Hammond organ and synthesized strings. The joyful, glad words found their expression in Mariah’s smooth, re-strained singing, which sounded as if she were performing with a happy smile on her face.[1] Mariah's voice can be described as "restrained" as she stayed in the lower registers for the track.[2]
"So Blessed" is about the joy and completeness that the singer feels with their loved one. In the first verse, the singer expresses the depth of their love and how they struggled to find their partner, but now they feel free. The chorus emphasizes the feeling of being blessed and awakened by their loved one, who is the singer's heart and everything they need. The second verse describes a moment of intimacy between the couple, where they are "adrift in the moment" and connected on a deep level. The bridge and third verse express the singer's desire for their partner to always be with them, as they have made them whole again. The overall tone of the song is one of gratitude and happiness for the love they have found.
Lyrics[]
Lying beside you
This joy is so deep
I reach out and touch you
Tenderly
Looking inside you
My world is complete
I struggled to find you
Now I'm free
[Bridge]
Precious love
Burning so deeply
Shining completely
For you
[Chorus]
So blessed
Amazingly
Touching you now
Awakens me
You are my heart
My everything
Feeling you now
Is all I need
[Verse 2]
Adrift in the moment
So sacred and pure
Alive for you only
I am yours
As you touch me so sweetly
And you whisper my name
I feel how you love me
We are the same
[Bridge]
Precious one
Don't ever leave me
Forever need me
This way
[Chorus]
So blessed
Amazingly
Touching you now
Awakens me
You are my heart
My everything
Feeling you now
Is all I need
[Verse 3]
Stay with me
Beyond the end
I treasure you
Cause you made me whole again
[Chorus]
So, so blessed
Amazingly blessed
Touching you now
Awakens me
You are my heart
My everything
Feeling you now
Is all I, all I really need
Feeling you now
References[]
| Emotions | |
|---|---|
| September 17, 1991 • 46:58 • Columbia Records | |
| Songs | |
| Released | Emotions • And You Don't Remember • Can't Let Go • Make It Happen • If It's Over • You're So Cold • So Blessed • To Be Around You • Till the End of Time • The Wind |
| Scrapped | Can You Hear Me |
| Artists | |
| Mariah Carey | |