Lyrics to
One Love

This version of One Love was released by The Carpenters in 1971.

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One love in my young life
Took me somewhere I had never been
And I want to live again, breathe again
In the shelter of his brightly woven love song
So long I have wanted love to be
Sitting just this near to me
Now my waiting heart is free

(*) Few are the choices we are given
The sands of time pass quickly by
One dream of my young life
Now stands holding out his hand to me
Now I can?t help but believe that my whole life will be
Spent in one love

Repeat (*)

Spent in one love
Spent in one love

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About Lyrics and One Love by The Carpenters

The lyrics to One Love are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Carpenters used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to One Love have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Carpenters and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to One Love by The Carpenters. 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 One Love" means the words set to the music of One Love, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. 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 One Love and the lyrics to One Love are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to One Love, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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