Lyrics to
Let It Be Me

This version of Let It Be Me was released by Nina Simone in 1974.

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I bless the day I found you,
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you, let it be me.

Don’t take this heaven from one,
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever, let it be me.

Each time we meet, love,
I find complete love.
Without your sweet love
What would life be?

So never leave me lonely,
Tell me you’ll love me only
And that you’ll always let it be me.

If for each bit of gladness
Someone must taste of sadness
I’ll bear the sorrow, let it be me.

No matter what the price is
I’ll make no sacrifices.
Through each tomorrow let it be me.

To you I’m praying,
Hear what I’m saying.
Please, let your heart beat
For me, just me.

And never leave me lonely,
Tell me you’ll love me only
And that you’ll always let it be me,
Let it be me.

Comme l’argile
L’insecte fragile
L’esclave docile
Je t’appartiens

De tout mo’ntre
Tu es le seul ma’tre
Je dois me soumettre
Je t’appartiens

Si tu condamnes
Jetant mon ?me
Au creux des flammes
Je n’y peux rien1

Avec les peines
L’amour et la haine
Coulant dans mes veines
Je t’appartiens

Que puis-je faire
Pour te satisfaire
Patron de la terre
Sur mon chemin

Comme les anges
Chanter tes louanges
Mais je ne suis pas un ange
Tu le sais bien

Je ne suis qu’un homme
Rien qu’un pauvre homme
Je t’aime comme
Comme un copain

Souvent je pense
Que dans ton immense
Palais de silence
Tu dois’tre bien

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About Lyrics and Let It Be Me by Nina Simone

The lyrics for Let It Be Me are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Nina Simone. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Let It Be Me 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 Let It Be Me - Nina Simone 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 Let It Be Me by Nina Simone 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 Let It Be Me" means the words set to the music of Let It Be Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nina Simone. 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 Let It Be Me and the lyrics to Let It Be Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nina Simone who came here looking just for the lyrics to Let It Be Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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