Lyrics to
Dear Heart

This version of Dear Heart was released by Thin Lizzy in 1974.

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Dear heart
I wish you could see that
Dear heart
You mean the world to me

Man with the broken heart filled with lead
Suffered and he fought for what he believed
The fighting is over now, the man is dead
A martyr for the cause

Man with the golden arm, his face gone pale
Taken too much junk, he’s gone over the rale
Breathes out a sigh and his body wails
He’s gonna land in trouble, land in jail

He’d give his life, give his everything
To reach that goal and take that last and final fling
But I guess it’s just another story
In the greatest story ever told

Dear heart
I wish that you could see that
Dear heart
You mean the world to me

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About Lyrics and Dear Heart by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics to Dear Heart are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Thin Lizzy used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Dear Heart have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Thin Lizzy and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Dear Heart by Thin Lizzy. 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 Dear Heart" means the words set to the music of Dear Heart, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. 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 Dear Heart and the lyrics to Dear Heart are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dear Heart, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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