Lyrics to
High Time

This version of High Time was released by Heart in 1978.

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Inside out again
I had to spread it a little thin
I work and work and try
And try
And try and try to shine
That’s fine but

It’s high time
Break and take the freedom
My time
To live like I feel
To let down and let myself be
It’s high time for me
High time for me
High time for me

Darling look at you
I can see what you been through
You been bought and sold
And pushed and rolled
And rolled
And rolled gets old

But it’s high time
Break and take the freedom
Your time to leave like you feel
So get up, you know what to do
It’s high time for you
High time for you
High time for you too

I know you know
All about a fool
Who is where and where is
What is cool to you

I’ll go underground
With the ones I’ve found
Put your ear down
You can feel us shake
Way down way down
We’re making a break
Making a break
Our ship is in
You know it is
It is high time
It’s high time

Don’t we feel fine tonight
We got the fire hot alright
The feeling is clear
You better be aware
It’s here
It’s all here

And it’s high time
Break and take the freedom
Our time
To live as we feel
So come on feel the buzz
It’s high time for us
High time for us
High time for us

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Heart has released many songs over the years besides High Time. Heart released songs from 1976 to 2004 spanning across albums like Dreamboat Annie, Little Queen, Dog And Butterfly, Magazine, Bebe Le Strange, Private Audition, Passionworks, Heart, Bad Animals, Brigade, Desire Walks On, and Jupiter's Darling. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Heart.

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About Lyrics and High Time by Heart

The lyrics to High Time are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Heart used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to High Time have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Heart 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 High Time by Heart. 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 High Time" means the words set to the music of High Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Heart. 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 High Time and the lyrics to High Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Heart who came here looking just for the lyrics to High Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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