Lyrics to
Light Up The Sky

This version of Light Up The Sky was released by Van Halen in 1979.

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Yeah, we’re all fast breakers comin’ out of the gates takin’ chances. We’re the crash and burn.
Yeah, there is a way with beauty, but you never gave a love cross the line where none return.
I watch my television; almost lost my mind.
It said, “Open your eyes. Leave it all behind.”
I heard the wind a whisp’rin’, strong magic comin’ on!
They comin’ out for sure.
Come see your children; yeah, they’re lighting up the skies.
Won’t recognize them any more.
Ooh, mama, see the firelight.
Ooh, we’re comin’ out tonight.
Wolves at my door wised up quick.
Turn here and gone from on the go.
Seems the old folks who come up short were the pretty little kids who didn’t want it, no.
I had to pay admission when I came tonight.
And it said, “Open my eyes. Leave it all behind.”
I heard the wind a whisp’rin’, strong magic comin’ on!
They comin’ out for sure.
Come see your children; yeah, they’re lighting up the skies.
Won’t recognize them any more.
Ooh, mama, see the firelight.
Ooh, lightin’ up the sky.
Light up the sky.
Light up the sky.
Light up the sky.
Light ’em up!

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The lyrics to Light Up The Sky are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Van Halen in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Light Up The Sky are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Van Halen and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Light Up The Sky back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Light Up The Sky by Van Halen in a number of 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 Light Up The Sky" means the words set to the music of Light Up The Sky, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Halen. 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 Light Up The Sky and the lyrics to Light Up The Sky are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Halen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Light Up The Sky, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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