Lyrics to
Hope For Love

This version of Hope For Love was released by Chicago in 1976.

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Here i go again
Why does the ghost of love still haunt me
It’s all been cried about before
It’s all been cried about before
Yes, it’s all been cried about before
Still it’s everywhere
Is it crying to be heard
Don’t think you’ve had your say
Don’t think you’ve had your say
Yes, don’t you think you’ve seen your day
I don’t know
No i don’t
Don’t i know
I don’t know
Don’t i know
No i don’t
I don’t know
Not knowing if it’s love
Is better than no thoughts of love at all
But it’s been cried about before
I guess I’ll cry for it some more
It’s just the hope for love once more
It’s just the hope for love once more

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About Lyrics and Hope For Love by Chicago

The lyrics for Hope For Love are defined as the words making up the song released by Chicago in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Hope For Love have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Chicago 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 Hope For Love by Chicago 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 Hope For Love" means the words set to the music of Hope For Love, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 Hope For Love and the lyrics to Hope For Love are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hope For Love, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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