Broken Wings Lyrics
Baby, don't understand
Why we can't just hold on to each other's hands?
This time might be the last I fear
Unless I make it all too clear
I need you so, ohh
[Chorus]
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
[Verse 2]
Baby, I think tonight
We can take what was wrong and make it right
Baby, it's all I know that you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole, I need you so
[Chorus]
So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
You've got to learn to fly, learn to live, love so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Yeah, yeah
Let us in
Let us in
[Bridge]
Baby, it's all I know that you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
And when we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
You got to learn to fly, learn to live and love so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up for us and let us in
Yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Ooh
About
“Broken Wings” is the lead single from Mr. Mister’s second album Welcome to the Real World.
John Lang, one of the track’s songwriters, used Khalil Gibran’s book “The Broken Wings” as a source of inspiration for this song.
The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1985, where it remained for two weeks.The song peaked at number four in the United Kingdom, the highest chart position the group ever achieved in Britain.
Although released in 1985, the song has stayed in the public listening sphere with artists Rick Springfield and Clay Aiken covering the song. On top of this, the song was featured in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on fictional station Emotion 98.3. Furthermore, the song has been sampled and rapped over by notable rappers 2Pac (“Until the End of Time”) and Joe Budden.
Q&A
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It’s possible, of course. Supposedly, Khalil Gibran’s book was the inspiration. They and Paul McCartney may have been influenced by the same text, or may have both been merely adopting the same popular lyrical trope.
- 1.Black/White
- 4.Run to Her
- 6.Is It Love
- 7.Kyrie
- 8.Broken Wings
