Making Love Out Of Nothing At All Lyrics
At first I thought this song was about a woman who had played a guy who had been a player but he started to fall in love with her but I've changed my mind. I find this song very romanic, possibly one of the most romantic love songs, this man is pouring his heart out to this woman for the first time and the song is exactly what he says to her. I think this is a song about a man who's capable of anything, he's very James Bond like but that also means that he has a lot of characteristics which he isn't so proud of, he lies, he manipulates, he has a way with women and men alike, and he can be cold hearted in the process but this time he has met one woman who has really effected him. This woman loves him and he realizes that he needs her and he needs her love. Despite everything he's capable of he needs her, she's his one weakness and he doesn't understand how she can love a person like him as much as she does, he is in awe of it, she's stolen his heart. She's a totally different creature than he is making love out of nothing at all, she follows her heart while he follows his head. This is the night he's decided to reveal his feelings to her... And I know the night is fading, And I know that times gonna fly; And Im never gonna tell you everything Ive got to tell you, But I know Ive got to give it a try
@loveacarrot I just want to tell you thank you. I have loved this song since the first time I heard it when I was a kid. I love music so much, I am really weird because I enjoy so many genre's. But the lyrics mean the world to me when it comes to a song. Because it tells a personnel story. And I have struggled with the meaning of this song forever. And some how, what you wrote, makes sense. Now it seems clear, he is amazed how she makes love out of all his bullshit.
@loveacarrot I just want to tell you thank you. I have loved this song since the first time I heard it when I was a kid. I love music so much, I am really weird because I enjoy so many genre's. But the lyrics mean the world to me when it comes to a song. Because it tells a personnel story. And I have struggled with the meaning of this song forever. And some how, what you wrote, makes sense. Now it seems clear, he is amazed how she makes love out of all his bullshit.
For me, this lyric is about a man who is powerful, usually knows a lot, can do a lot, not only professionally, but also regarding his own life, feelings and relationships (he controls everything), but he is somehow intrigued by this woman who seems to make love (create and instigate love) out of nothing (spontaneously), not with premeditated actions like he is used to do. She simply loves. And this fascinates him, makes him feel vulnerable, powerless and, consequently, he loves her deeply.
@demaria21 This is dead on!
@demaria21 This is dead on!
@demaria21 Thank you!
@demaria21 Thank you!
I've always been perplexed by the title of this song, but now the way I hear it is sort of along the lines of that the person he's singing to is unable or unwilling to commit further, so what they have is "nothing at all" compared to what it could be. He doesn't understand why they're willing to compromise themselves or their happiness like that, whereas he's willing to put it on the line. And he can do all kinds fancy maneuvers in the relationship with aplomb, but in the end, he can't force them to take the risk if they don't want to or don't believe they deserve it. I don't know...I could be way off. I used to think he was saying he could go through the motions of a relationship like a pro, but in the end, he couldn't force himself to fall in love, but now I don't think so. Anyway, whatever it means, the lyrics are really cool and Jim Steinman sure can write and produce the hell out of a love ballad. Also, sort of a different sound for Air Supply, but it works. The song was originally written for Meat Loaf, who would have been powerhouse, but theres something really haunting about the Air Supply vocals that just makes the song.
Ok so I used to think this song was about an unrequited love and it kinda is but after watching the video and reading the lyrics again here's what it is. This dude completely loves this girl and can't live without her and wants her to go on the road with him. She doesn't support him, she won't go and tells him that she's not going to be there when he comes back. He's saying she's all these things to him and can't find a way to leave her but won't give up his own dreams. He's just in complete shock that she claims to love him but is willing to throw it away. He's saying I don't get how you can “make love” (not just to have sex) and say she loves him but leave him so easily and treat their relationship like its nothing at all. So in the beginning he's saying he knows all the right things to do to get her sympathy, attention, how to physically love her, he knows how to make it big in life but doesn't know how to get her to stay with him and their last night together is make or break it scenario and his final plea. So she's everything to him and she's just around him when it's convenient for her.
To me, this song is the ultimate irony. The speaker is capable of a wide range of talents, some desirable and others more questionable, even manipulative. He is totally engrossed by this woman and feels all his abilities are nothing unless he can share them with her. Yet despite all these "gifts" which apparently have given him the proverbial fame and fortune, he is unable to move an emotionally superficial woman who goes through the motions of love, but never has a real depth or sharing of self that is so associated with sincere love or, to use yet one more cliche', "meaningful relationship." What a waste! A poetic person so capable of self-honesty and completely devoted to an uncaring woman. It's Petrarch and Laura all over again--constantly yearning for the untouchable and unreachable ideal.
i'm in lov with this song. it has the sweetest and most beautiful words. my favorite is "and every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight," whatever girl he wrote this song for, she's a very lucky girl. if only everyone could find love like this.
i definately agree with barefoot...personally, i've always thought this song highlights the concept of creating love in oneself toward someone, from nothing at all. as if the guy didn't give the girl any reason to love him, yet she still does...but looking at the lyrics, it could also be that he has built all this love for her, and she says she loves him too but he realises she doesn't really have reasons to feel that way..i've related to this song from both ends of the spectrum, but even wen i've been in neither side, its still the best air supply song ever!!!!!!
different take on this. he is not telling her he is using her.
it is a plea to win her heart. he knows every spot, every breath. her world is his world. and he so wants to be with her. but she does not feel the same. she is making love, 'out of nothing at all'.
I was listening to this song on a road trip and we were trying to figure out the meaning of this song. After three or four times in a row- we determined that the song is about how much he loves his significant other.
In the begining he names all different types of characteristics he has that are not always good qualities to have- "I know just how to whisper, and I know just how to cry; I know just where to find the answers; and I know just how to lie. I know just how to fake it, and I know just how to scheme; I know just when to face the truth, and then I know just when to dream. And I know just where to touch you, and I know just what to prove;"
He says he will never leave her- and he can't because he needs her and adores her, hence the rays of the sun and spot light bit. He loves her because she made him love- when he was nothing at all. He does so many things like lie- and he has the ability to please the fans, but he doesn't know how she loves him so much- almost like he is not worthy of her love.
Some good comments here. This is a great song. After thinking about this, what this song means to me is about the enigma and power of love the writer is experiencing in a relationship. This is hinted all over the song, like in this passage:
"And I know the roads to riches, and I know the ways to fame; I know all the rules and then I know how to break 'em and I always know the name of the game.
But I don't know how to leave you, and I'll never let you fall; and I don't know how you do it, making love out of nothing at all"
Then to emphasize this subtle theme in the song, he continues similar comparisons and his frustration of not having any control, or even understanding of it. And as great as he is, solving, mastering, controlling so much that required such hard work and skills, but he can't control or even understand and is powerless by such a basic thing that SHE created so naturally and so easily and effortlessly. To me, it's not about infidelity, as the title or how people would use the phrase normally. It is about the power of an emotion we have all felt in our hearts in our lives at one point or another. This subtle deeper meaning makes the song more interesting and contributed a lot to its incredible success with Air Supply, their most popular song by far.