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Mistral Wind

This version of Mistral Wind was released by Heart in 1978.

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No wind when I took the watch
My ship was still and waitin’
I lay on that mirrored sky
A restless sail or waitin’
I closed my eyes said the
Words of will for the gentle
Breathin’ that moves the seas
Make my sails fill

Whisper waves cloud the glass
Awake at last like a lover
It rushed around the talkin’ sweet
Roll over, roll over, roll over
And in my ear he blew his name
It sound so strange but I heard it plain
Mistral Mistral wind

I have always held the wheel but
I let the wind steal my power
Spin me ’round lose my course
Nights run be like hours
Well, it would show me the way
To the deepest mountains
Too high and beautiful to be
Mistral, mistral wind

All the hours on the watch
I wait for that breeze to move me
And blow me back to that place
Magic space all through me
And I sigh your name
Across the empty water
You made a crazy dreamer out of me
Mistral, mistral, mistral, mistral,
Mistral, mistral

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The lyrics to Mistral Wind are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Heart in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Mistral Wind are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Heart and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Mistral Wind back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Mistral Wind by Heart 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 Mistral Wind" means the words set to the music of Mistral Wind, 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 Mistral Wind and the lyrics to Mistral Wind 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 Mistral Wind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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