Open Arms Lyrics
Lying beside you
Here in the dark
Feeling your heartbeat with mine
Softly, you whisper
You're so sincere
How could our love be so blind?
[Pre-Chorus]
We sailed on together
We drifted apart
And here you are
By my side
[Chorus]
So now, I come to you
With open arms
Nothing to hide
Believe what I say
So here I am
With open arms
Hoping you'll see
What your love means to me
Open arms
[Verse 2]
Living without you
Living alone
This empty house seems so cold
Wanting to hold you
Wanting you near
How much I wanted you home
But now that you've come back
Turned night into day
I need you to stay
[Chorus]
So now I come to you
With open arms
Nothing to hide
Believe what I say
So here I am
With open arms
Hoping you'll see
What your love means to me
Open arms
About
The 10th and final track of Journey’s 1981 album Escape, and the third single from the album, “Open Arms” is a power ballad written by keyboardist Jonathan Cain earlier as a member of The Babys, but frontman John Waite had rejected it as “too syrupy”. Cain later presented it to Steve Perry who liked it immediately, and wrote the lyrics.
VH1 called “Open Arms” the greatest power ballad of all time, and it remains their biggest hit with a #2 peak in the US and Canada in March 1982.
This song was famously covered by Mariah Carey in 1995 for her album Daydream, and re-recorded by Journey with their new vocalist Arnel Pineda in 2008 for their double album Revelation.
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- 6.Escape
- 7.Lay It Down
- 10.Open Arms
- 11.La Raza Del Sol
- 14.Open Arms (live)
