Lyrics to
Fairytale

This version of Fairytale was released by Amy Grant in 1979.

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Fairytale, my life was just a fairytale
I was letting an illusion come into this heart of mine
Fairytale, searching for a fairytale
Hiding in a world where life was simple all the time

I was just like Peter Pan in Never Never land,
Afraid of what the future might be
Afraid to face the things I couldn’t understand,
Afraid of things that I couldn’t see

But fantasy,
I know there’s more to life than a fantasy
There’s so much more that my life was meant to be
So much more than make believe

Fairytale, it seems just like a fairytale,
But there’s something in my heart that says this time the story’s real
Fairytale, extra-ordinary tale,
Of a King who offers love so far beyond what I can feel

There’s a world out there that human eyes can never see,
But it’s just within the reach of the heart
Two Princes wage the battle for eternity,
But the Victor has been known from the start

Now I can see
The truth can seem so much like fantasy
But make believe was never as real to me
I know this time the story’s true

I was just like Sleeping Beauty in a Netherland
I was dying under a spell
But then a Prince who comes from a foreverland
Awakened me from my fairytale

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About Lyrics and Fairytale by Amy Grant

The lyrics for Fairytale are defined as the words making up the song released by Amy Grant in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Fairytale have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Amy Grant and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Fairytale by Amy Grant if you think through it. 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 Fairytale" means the words set to the music of Fairytale, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Amy Grant. 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 Fairytale and the lyrics to Fairytale are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Amy Grant who came here looking just for the lyrics to Fairytale, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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