Lift Me Up

Track 4 on Union

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Lift Me Up Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Look around, got no place to stay
God I hate this town, depending on the day
You look me up, you look me down
Alright, okay

[Verse 2]
While I got no life, I got no hope
I'm falling in love
Help me through the fight
Help me win tonight, I'm callin'
Callin'

[Pre-Chorus]
What to do I find it hard to know
The road I walk is not the one I chose

[Chorus]
Lift me up and turn me over
Lead me on into the dawn
Take me to the highest mountain
Tie me up, love in a storm
Have you decided on my fortune?
Facing the future in your eyes
With your imperial behavior
We fight amidst the battle cries

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[Post-Chorus]
Open doors, they may be closed to me
The fire's still burnin' in my heart

[Verse 2]
While I got no life, I got no hope
I'm falling in love
Help me through the fight
Help me win tonight, I'm callin'
Callin'

[Pre-Chorus]
What to do I find it hard to know
I want to turn my life around

[Chorus]
Lift me up and turn me over
Lead me on into the dawn
Take me to the highest mountain
Tie me up, love in a storm
Have you decided on my fortune?
Facing the future in your eyes
With your imperial behavior
We fight amidst the battle cries

[Post-Chorus]
Open doors, they may be closed to me
The fire's still burnin' in my heart, oh-ohhh

[Chorus]
Lift me up and turn me over (Don't turn away)
Lead me on into the dawn (Lead me on, lead me on)
Take me to the highest mountain
Tie me up, love in a storm

[Guitar Solos]

[Outro/Guitar Solo]
Woohoo!
Lift me up
Lift me up

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LIFT ME UP
Single by Yes from the Union Album
Recorded 1989 to 1991
Released 1991
Written by Trevor Rabin and Chris Squire

“Lyrically, the verse was a little dark, we tried to make it somewhat vague as to what it was about, but one of the pictures is that it’s a homeless person… ‘Look around, I’ve got nowhere to stay… you look me up, you look me down’ the guy who goes into the restaurant to use the bathroom and they look at him, ‘No you can’t come in here.’ And he just looks to the sky [and says], ‘Lift me up and turn me over,’ you know, help me out.”
— Trevor Rabin, Yesstories: Yes in their own words by Tim Morse

*Morse, Tim (May 15, 1996). Yesstories: Yes In Their Own Words. St. Martin’s Griffin. p. 93. ISBN 0-312-14453-9.[