Heaven Must Have Sent You

• By: Bonnie Pointer

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
heaven /ˈhevən/ A2	noun - a place or state of perfect happiness
arms /ɑːrmz/ A1	noun - plural of arm
sweetness /ˈswiːtnəs/ B2	noun - the state or quality of being sweet
charms /tʃɑːrmz/ B2	noun - a quality of pleasing or attracting
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to feel affection for someone noun - a strong feeling of affection
cried /kraɪd/ A2	verb - past tense of cry; to shed tears
endless /ˈendləs/ B1	adjective - having no end or limit
nights /naɪts/ A1	noun - plural of night
pillow /ˈpɪloʊ/ A1	noun - a cushion to support the head
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - sad because one has no friends or company
tender /ˈtendər/ B1	adjective - gentle and loving
sweet /swiːt/ A2	adjective - having a pleasant taste
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a happy facial expression verb - to have a happy facial expression
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
gladness /ˈɡlædnəs/ B2	noun - the state of being glad; joy
sadness /ˈsædnəs/ B1	noun - the state of being sad
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced by humans
joy /dʒɔɪ/ A2	noun - a feeling of great pleasure and happiness

Grammar:

• Heaven must have sent you into my arms

  ➔ Modal verb of deduction in the past (must have + past participle)

  ➔ "Must have sent" expresses a strong belief or deduction about something that happened in the past. Here, it means the speaker strongly believes heaven sent the person.

• Now in the morning when I awake, there's a smile upon my face

  ➔ Time clause (when I awake) and Existential 'there is'

  ➔ "When I awake" is a time clause specifying when the smile is present. "There's a smile upon my face" uses the existential "there is" to indicate the presence of the smile.

• Wiped away all of my sadness

  ➔ Past simple (wiped) in a reduced relative clause

  ➔ This is a shortened version of "[He/She] wiped away all of my sadness". It implies an actor who performed the action of wiping.

• Oh so long I've needed love right near me

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis (Oh so long + auxiliary verb + subject)

  ➔ The standard word order would be "I've needed love right near me for oh so long". The inversion "Oh so long I've needed" emphasizes the duration of the need.

• Wanna thank you for the joy you've brought me

  ➔ Reduced infinitive ("wanna" = want to) and present perfect (you've brought)

  ➔ "Wanna" is a colloquial contraction of "want to". "You've brought" is the present perfect tense indicating an action (bringing joy) that started in the past and continues to have relevance now.

• Thank you for holding me close When I needed you the most

  ➔ Prepositional phrase of reason ("for holding me close"), and superlative adjective ("the most")

  ➔ "For holding me close" explains the reason for the thank you. "The most" is a superlative adjective modifying "needed," indicating the highest degree of need.

• But I know I can't live without you

  ➔ Modal verb (can't) expressing inability

  ➔ "Can't live" expresses the speaker's inability to live without the other person. It conveys a strong feeling of dependence.