What is "fading away"

n. gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength

"Fading Away" is a song by the Florida-based dance-pop group Will to Power. It appears on their 1988 self-titled debut album and was released as a single in early 1989.

The song reached #65 on the US pop chart chart in February 1989 and #84 on the UK pop chart in March of that year. The song was more successful on dance charts in the US, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and spending two weeks at top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. This was the group's second Hot Dance Club Play chart-topper, following " Say It's Gonna Rain" from 1988. Remixes for the track were done by Shep Pettibone.