i know what i’m made of

by what’s inside of me

maybe science, maybe giants

maybe just a mystery

maybe the mother of invention

is really intensity

and baby when they made you

i was the background melody

a partner to the feeling

now you’re a part of me

so be the only one who cares

the only one who dares

the only one who sees

the only one who dreams

be the only one who tries

the only one who cries

be the only one for me, for me

don’t think i’m fantasizing

i didn’t make it up

lots of people tell me things

things about their love

how the music that was playing low

how they made you in the afterglow

i didn’t see ‘em do the body rock

i didn’t feel the after shocks

but baby when they made you

i was the background melody

so be the only one who cares

the only one who dares

the only one to dance

the one who takes a chance

be the only one who’s real

the only one who feels

be the only one who loves

you may think i’m egocentric

but i’m only centered some of the time

i want you to remember

i wanna be the tune you can’t get out of your mind

i wasn’t there to see the pressure drop

i didn’t do the momma and pop

baby when they made you i was the background melody

was it the lady or the tiger

who was the bottom who was the top

oh baby when they made you i was the background melody

so be the only one who cares

the only one who dares

the only one who sees

the only one who dreams

be the only one who tries

the only one who cries

be the only one for me, for me