Making Love Out Of Nothing At All

Album: Ultimate Air Supply (1983)
Charted: 2
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  • 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
    I know when to pull you closer
    And I know when to let you loose
    And I know the night is fading
    And I know the time's gonna fly
    And I'm never gonna tell you everything I gotta tell you
    But I know I gotta give it a try

    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

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    Every time I see you all the rays of the sun are all
    Streaming through the waves in your hair
    And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes
    Like a spotlight
    The beating of my heart is a drum and it's lost
    And it's looking for a rhythm like you
    You can take the darkness from the pit of the night
    And turn it to a beacon burning endlessly bright
    I've gotta follow it 'cause everything I know
    Well, it's nothing 'til I give it to you

    I can make the runner stumble
    I can make the final block
    I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle
    I can make all the stadiums rock
    I can make tonight forever
    Or I can make it disappear by the dawn
    I can make you every promise that has ever been made
    And I can make all your demons be gone

    But I'm never gonna make it without you
    Do you really wanna see me crawl
    And I'm never gonna make it like you do
    Making love out of nothing at all

    (Making love) Out of nothing at all
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    (Making love) Writer/s: James Richard Steinman
    Publisher: ROUND HILL CARLIN, LLC
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Comments: 22

  • Mrose from New YorkI have a different take on this song. I think the guy has been a player; he sees dating and romance as a game (I know all the rules/And I know how to break 'em/And I always know the name of the game). He knows just how to act to make any girl *think* he likes her (the first few verses, basically). But now he's met a woman whom he's fallen completely in love with! At first he thought she'd just be another conquest, but now he has feelings for her that he hasn't had for anyone else (But I don't know how to leave you...But I'm never gonna make it without you). It's as though she made love (arise in his heart) out of nothing at all.

    And he's astonished by what's happening to him. He's totally smitten with a woman for the first time (Every time I see you/all the rays of the sun are/Streaming through the waves in your hair/And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes/Like a spotlight). But he's not sure how to express his newfound feelings (And I'm never gonna tell you/Everything I gotta tell you/But I know I gotta give it a try).

    I think that's what "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" means - that she somehow made him love her passionately, even though he felt nothing at all for other women he's had. Jim Steinman (RIP) loved to take a common phrase or cliche and put a new twist on it; every one of his songs that I've ever heard has done that. The very title of the song is often a cliche (Bat Out Of Hell, You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad... etc.) but the lyrics put a different spin on a worn-out phrase. Or maybe the phrase is reworded, like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (instead of the sun or moon). This song is just another example of how he reworks a common phrase (making love) to mean something else. He was a brilliant lyricist and is sorely missed.
  • Trudy from Portsmouth New Hampshire Usa Who was the military guy in the video with a blonde girl making love out of nothing at all
  • Lord from Neverland ExpressThis song is about someone who mastered the red pill theory and regretting their powers.
  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenSteinman rules!
  • Susan from Atlanta, GeorgiaI love Jim Steinman's songs, and this is one of my favorites of his. It and "Total Eclipse" came out just as my marriage was breaking up, and it took a long time for me to be able to hear them without crying, but I loved them both anyway. What a brilliant songwriting talent Jim is.
  • Esskayess from Dallas, TxThe one and only song by this group that doesn't make me ill. Burn all the rest.
  • Chris from Beaver Falls, PaThe Hall and Oates song Anything Your Heart Desires, is about that state of being. That song says, "you say you can't stand to be tied so close to a lover, you feel like a prisioner and and you want to find someone who will let you out, sorry that the heart beat that you know so well, ain't what you're lookin for, what goes on behind closed doors you don't know, maybe she cries herself to sleep every night " because she just won't give or allow herself to have more true affection and from the guilt she experiences or feels for making the person that she knew so well, crawl on the floor. Technical problems with computer. Very Sorry.
  • Chris from Beaver Falls, PaI didn't know that this song was written by Jim Steinman. There are meanings or interpretations to songs, words, and lyrics at different levels for each person. When the song says "do you really want to see me crawl" I think it refers to someone who just will not give her affection, and no, not just sex or physical affection, it means any affection or share her life at all, and she would rather see others or her former friend, crawl or beg, before she will help him. Or help herself by having a love out of something at all, and then she goes and has not as enjoyable relationships and
  • Colin from Montreal, QcJim Steinman also landed a job in the 80s (or late 70s) to score a movie called "A small circle of friends") Both themes from Out of nothing at all and Total Eclipse can be heard throughout.
  • Paul from Detroit, MiAnd there at the top of the chart sat Total Eclipse of The Heart in 1983, while Steinman's other smash, Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, was parked right behind it at #2. A grand feat for Jim Steinham. These were two masterpieces.
  • John from Nashville, TnThis song was the only new recording on Air Supply's first greatest hits album in 1983.
  • Mark from Los Angeles, CaI enjoy Jim Steinman's music and this song is great. But what's it saying? For example: people believe "Reasons" from Earth, Wind, & Fire is a great love song but it about a one-night stand (still a great song). Or, "Every Breath You Take" from the Police is about a stocker, and how people have used that song for their wedding? This song seems to be saying, no matter how I try, and no matter how much I care for you, I don't love you. I can't do what you do and that is "making love out of nothing at all." There is no "love" for you, sorry. I might be wrong, but listen closely to the lyrics on this one.
  • Doria from Dania Beach, Fli really like this song form air supply some relationships are like that . i am not saying most but some . i know some men like one night stands make love and then it is all over and they never want to see that person that they made love to ever again! i was in a realtionship may years ago and it got really bad i was verbaily abused and harassed . and that is why i give all of the giveing and i get nothing in return there is no giving backj! so that is why i don'T date anymore i was so heart broken that all i did was cry at my girlfriends weeed and reception and that is the night that i decided to not date not even try to and agin i find my self with a totaly different gy and he wants to not have a realtion ship with me and make love out of nothing at all!! so sums it up for me signed doria meyer
  • Lc from Panama City, PanamaIt's funny how a lot of these love songs don't really make sense until you've grown up a little and have become involved in a loving relationship. That's when you get it: how being with your "other" makes every moment more special.
  • Dougee from San Bernardino, CaI always thought that this song and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" sounded similar, so it doesn't surprise me that they were written by the same songwriter. It would have been awesome to hear Meat Loaf sing these. I hate record companies and their politics with a passion.
  • Jeff from Casa Grande, AzThis song is about being in the moment of serendipity, a state of grace, being the best you've ever been, where everything just fits perfectly . . . in a relationship. But, realizing, after all the intensity of being with someone is happening, it's not YOU, but the OTHER, that makes this so. And, really, it's nothing, undefinable, there are no words, and besides, words would only ruin the purity. That, and also, the real insanity of woman finding things in "nothing at all" to be all giddy about.
  • Dave from Liverpool, United KingdomWhen I first heard this in the early 80s, I assumed it was a song about jerking off.........
  • Malditha_01 from Manila, PhilippinesWell,this song is really awesome,,when i first heard this song i told to myself that this really belong to me,,one more thing that im air supply fanatic,,i love this band and i even like all their songs,,so nice,,keep it up guys...more power..
  • Pat from Dunedin, , FlAir Supply has been one of my favorite groups for over 30 years.......I think almost as long as I loved the Bee Gees. I love the song Nothing at All because it hits directly at the Heart of Love. It Is The Truest Kind of Love...to me.
  • Jim from Hershey, PaThis is an amazing and awesome song. Love is the greatest gift of all. Making Love Out of Nothing at All is a gift from God.

    The lyrics and music in this song are so beautiful. I will always carry this song in my heart.
  • Ariana from Lima, Perudoes anybody know where can i get the version recorded with total eclipse of the heart? i love it
  • Genevieve from North MelbourneFeatured in the movie 'Click'
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