Oh, Level 42, this needs to be a video game. I don’t know exactly what kind of video game, but something epic and noble that’s also bouncy and fun. I mean, as soon as those trumpets kick in, you know this is going to be some kind of amazing song, and what do you know? It totally is. And with lyrics talking about chasing the four winds and not stopping until you hold heaven in your hands, it just seems like this has all the makings of some awesome mash-up of ’80’s awesomeness with medieval shenanigans a la “Ladyhawke”. I mean, your name is Level 42, after all, and of course that’s the level you’d need to get to to win the game.

So let’s make this happen, Level 42. I will be so excited when I see “Heaven In My Hands” available to play for the Playstation. Of course, I will never be able to play the game, because for one thing, I don’t own a Playstation. For another, I’m absolutely atrocious at video games. I have horrible hand-eye coordination. The fact that I’m able to type is actually something of a small miracle. I’ve played games with friends, and I always end up being the avatar who gets stuck perpetually running into a corner or accidentally shooting myself or someone else or just standing there helpless until some alien or zombie kills me. But it sure will be fun to watch my friends reach level 42, Level 42.

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“Heaven In My Hands”

Hey yeah!

Hey yeah!

I’m goin’ nowhere

Gotta face up to it

Gotta wake up to it

I feel so guilty

Killing time is a sin

There’s no way you can win

A dam-burst of dreams flows through me

They show me where I could be

Flash-point feelings flow

Through my mind moving

From the mountains to the sea

I’ll run across this land

Looking out for strength and beauty

A diamond in the sand

I will chase the four winds over

Trying to understand

I won’t stop until I’m holding

Heaven in my haaaands

I won’t let nobody

Turn me off of the track

Now there’s no turnin’ back

Won’t let no worries

Turn my head inside out

Now there’s no room for doubt

I’m headin’ for my destiny

And it feels electric to me

Flash-point feelings go

Through my mind

I was lonely, goin’ nowhere

Drowning on dry land

I was almost stranded there

A shipwreck on the sand

Now I’ll chase the whole world over

Making my demands

I won’t stop until I’m holdin’

Heaven in my haaands

Ohhh!

Hey yeah!

<awesome Level 42 jam>

From the mountains to the sea I’ll run across this land

(Follow you anywhere!)

Looking out for strength and beauty

A diamond in the sand

(And I will chase anywhere!)

I will chase the four winds over

Trying to understand

(Nothin’ can stop me!)

I won’t stop until I’m holding

Heaven in my hands

I was lonely, goin’ nowhere

Drowning on dry land