Lyrics to
All You Want Is Heaven

This version of All You Want Is Heaven was released by Hall & Oates in 1979.

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What’s the point of standing
Ten feet tall if you never learn to fall
If you want to win you’ve got to play the game
But if you lose you must accept the pain
So don’t reach for the sky if
All you want is heaven.
Reason makes us human
But love makes us believe we can conquer all
I ask for fire and you give me rain
I ask for nothing and you give the same
And I’d give you the sky but
All you want is heaven.

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About Lyrics and All You Want Is Heaven by Hall & Oates

The lyrics for All You Want Is Heaven are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Hall & Oates. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to All You Want Is Heaven have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for All You Want Is Heaven - Hall & Oates and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to All You Want Is Heaven by Hall & Oates in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to All You Want Is Heaven" means the words set to the music of All You Want Is Heaven, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to All You Want Is Heaven and the lyrics to All You Want Is Heaven are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to All You Want Is Heaven, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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