Lyrics to
Lay Down

This version of Lay Down was released by Amy Grant in 1979.

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It’s a cold cold world
That we’re walkin’ through
Lay down the burden of your heart
But it’s warm as toast
Walkin’ two by two
Lay down the burden of your heart

Lay down the burden of your heart
I know you’ll never miss it
Show your Daddy where it hurts,
And let your Daddy lift it

It’s a fine fine line
Between love and hate
Why, it’s tough to tell the two apart
But you know it’s love
That He offers you
Lay down the burden of your heart

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About Lyrics and Lay Down by Amy Grant

The lyrics for Lay Down are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Amy Grant. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Lay Down 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 Lay Down - Amy Grant 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 Lay Down by Amy Grant 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 Lay Down" means the words set to the music of Lay Down, 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 Lay Down and the lyrics to Lay Down 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 Lay Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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