Lyrics to
Lighter Touch

This version of Lighter Touch was released by Heart in 1978.

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Look at me, the answer is so clear
Lying close by the fire place
I wish that you could see yourself this way
My love, with the firelight upon your face.

Ain’t it strange how love put things together?
One like you, someone like me.
But no one ever moved me like the way you do
And held against you, love I am weak, oh yeah

Before us now, the dream of love is playin’
A butterfly risin’ from the flame
You and me don’t need no chain
Since this feeling came to us
A touch of love, a lighter touch

This touch of love, this lighter touch,
Than hands of love through time
Reaching up to have and to hold you
But you know I’ll always stay If I
Am free to go. You know I’ll take
Your love into my soul. Be lighter
Touch of love this lighter, lighter
Lighter touch

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About Lyrics and Lighter Touch by Heart

The lyrics for Lighter Touch are defined as the words making up the song released by Heart in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lighter Touch have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Heart 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 Lighter Touch by Heart 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 Lighter Touch" means the words set to the music of Lighter Touch, 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 Lighter Touch and the lyrics to Lighter Touch 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 Lighter Touch, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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