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Weak

Release date: 10th April 1993

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About This Track

Written and produced by Brian Alexander Morgan for SWV's debut studio album 'It's About Time', 'Weak' arrived in 1992 as a portrait of first love rendered in physical terms. Morgan composed the lyrics based on the experience of falling in love for the first time, reportedly inspired by his crush on singer Chanté Moore, and the trio's delivery turns that vulnerability into precision.

The verses catalogue the disorientation, racing pulse, loss of control, knees buckling, with a directness that never tips into melodrama. SWV frame the condition as both affliction and surrender, the chorus hinging on the admission that the cause and cure are the same person. The production holds steady whilst the vocal arrangement builds, each repetition of the hook tightening the song's grip rather than exhausting it.

The track's endurance lies in its refusal to overcomplicate the central metaphor. Desire as a kind of temporary incapacity, sweet enough to want to prolong: the lyric stays inside that paradox and the performance never wavers.

"Weak" is a single by SWV, released 10th April 1993. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Weak

I don't know what it is that you've done to me
But it's caused me to act in such a crazy way
Whatever it is that you do when you do what you're doing
It's a feeling that I want to stay

'Cause my heart starts beating triple time
With thoughts of loving you on my mind
I can't figure out just what to do
When the cause and cure is you

I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak (I do)
I lose all control (control)
And something takes over me (takes over me)
In a daze, your love's so amazing (amaze)
It's not a phase I want you to stay with me (stay with me)
By my side, I swallow my pride (my pride)
Your love is so sweet
It knocks me right off of my feet
Can't explain why your love, it makes me weak

Time after time after time I tried to fight it
But your love is strong it keeps on holding on
Resistance is down when you're around cries fading
In my condition, I don't want to be alone

'Cause my heart starts beating triple time
With thoughts of loving you on my mind
I can't figure out just what to do
When the cause and cure is you, oh

I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak (I do)
I lose all control (control)
And something takes over me (takes over me)
In a daze, and it's so amazing (amaze)
It's not a phase I want you to stay with me (stay with me)
By my side, I swallow my pride (my pride)
Your love is so sweet
It knocks me right off of my feet

Can't explain why your love, it makes me weak

I try hard to fight it
No way can I deny it
Your love's so sweet
Knocks me off my feet

I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak
I lose all control (control)
And something takes over me (takes over me)
In a daze, your love's so amazing (amaze)
It's not a phase I want you to stay with me (stay with me)
By my side, I swallow my pride (my pride)
Your love is so sweet
It knocks me right off of my feet

Can't explain why your love, it makes me weak

(I get so weak)
Blood starts racing through my veins
(I get so weak)
Boy, it's something I can't explain
(I get so weak)
Something 'bout the way you do
The things you do-oo-oo, it
(It knocks me right off of my feet)
Ohh, off my feet, I
Can't explain why your love, it makes me weak

I get so weak in the knees
I can hardly speak (I do)
I lose all control (control)
And something takes over me (takes over me)
In a daze, your love's so amazing (amazing)
It's not a phase, I want you to stay with me (stay with me)
By my side, I swallow my pride (my pride)
Your love is so sweet
It knocks me right off of my feet (oh, I)
Can't explain why your love, it makes me weak

Track details

Weak

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Brian Alexander Morgan
    Producer
    Brian Alexander Morgan
    Keyboards
    Brian Alexander Morgan
    Vocals
    Coko, Leanne Lyons, Tamara Johnson
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Ross Donaldson
    Drum Programmer
    Brian Alexander Morgan
    Mastering Engineer
    Herb Powers
    Mixing Engineer
    Brian Alexander Morgan, Larry Funk
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