Story Behind The Song
Taking that lover's leap into the great unknown without a net.
Song Description
Rock with a harder edge. From the CD Sketches by Jim Barbaro.
| Song Length |
4:50 |
Genre |
Rock - Hard Rock, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious |
Subject |
Fear |
| Similar Artists |
Cheap Trick, The Smithereens |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
HANGING ON FOR DEAR LOVE
I can not feel the sun, I can not breathe the air.
I can not move my tongue while you're standing there.
I'm choking on the words my heart is screaming out.
I can not raise my eyes for God will strike me down.
Let me go, let me run from this strange place
Before I lose my heart to your embrace.
You have powers that stretch far beyond
What I've ever known.
Is this the fear of the great unknown?
Hanging on to my life
Hanging by one slender thread
Hanging on for dear love.
High above without a net
Clinging to my last straw
Hanging on for dear love
My dear love.
Racing with the clock, I'm up against the wall.
I'm trembling like a leaf headed for a fall.
I'm dizzy like a moth 'round your eternal flame.
A hundred million sparks dancing in my brain.
Carry me on the winds of your sweet breath.
End the storm raging in my chest.
Take me off to a world far beyond
What I've ever known.
Could this be the end of being alone?