Cover by James Vincent McMorrow
Think about it, there must be higher love--
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above.
Without it, life is a wasted time;
Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine.
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk blind and we try to see
Falling behind in what could be.
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
Worlds are turning and we're just hanging on
Facing our fear and standing out there alone;
A yearning, and it's real to me
There must be someone who's feeling for me.
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk blind and we try to see
Falling behind in what could be.
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring be a higher love;
I could rise above on a higher love.
I will wait for it;
I'm not too late for it.
Until then, I'll sing my song
To cheer the night along.
Bring it... Oh bring it...
I could light the night up with my soul on fire;
I could make the sun shine from pure desire.
Let me feel that love come over me;
Let me feel how strong it could be.
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above.
Without it, life is a wasted time;
Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine.
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk blind and we try to see
Falling behind in what could be.
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
Worlds are turning and we're just hanging on
Facing our fear and standing out there alone;
A yearning, and it's real to me
There must be someone who's feeling for me.
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk blind and we try to see
Falling behind in what could be.
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring be a higher love;
I could rise above on a higher love.
I will wait for it;
I'm not too late for it.
Until then, I'll sing my song
To cheer the night along.
Bring it... Oh bring it...
I could light the night up with my soul on fire;
I could make the sun shine from pure desire.
Let me feel that love come over me;
Let me feel how strong it could be.
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Bring me a higher love;
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
Journal: Higher Love
- According to Perrine's Literature, tone is "the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work" (1621). In effect, Perrine's makes no distinction between tone and mood. In many texts, however, the first clause "the writer's or speaker's attitude..." is called tone while "the emotional coloring" is called mood. Thus, tone is more relationally oriented while mood is entirely emotionally/atmospherically oriented. Tone can cover feeling, but mood must cover feeling.
- Compare Winwood's and McMorrow's respective moods in the "Higher Love." What helps create the separate moods?
- Which mood do you think fits the lyrics better? Explain.
- James Vincent McMorrow sang this song for a charity album. Why was this choice apropos?
- Compare the theme of these lyrics with another lyrical poet or poem (such as Dante or John Donne or Dylan Thomas or Robert Frost).
- AP Only: Would it be wiser to discuss a difference in tone (relationship and attitude) or mood (atmosphere and feeling) in this piece if you listened to both and responded for the AP exam? If you did not hear both, but simply read it, which would be wider to write on, tone or mood?
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| Winwood |
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