Lyrics to
Reason To Be

This version of Reason To Be was released by Kansas in 1979.

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So long, someone is waiting
I got places to go, I got things to see
No more procrastinating
For this is the moment that was meant for me
And I’m moving like a wave on the ocean
Drifting to the opposite ride
Traveling with no destination
Just riding the tide

People they say that I’m foolish
They say that I’m living in a fantasy
I say, everything’s easy
It’s better than living in futility
So, I’m standing here in back of the curtain
Waiting for the start of the show
Acting like an actor is easy
If you can let go

Someday something will find you
A magical feeling you could not foresee
A feeling so devastating
From that moment on your life’s a comedy
And suddenly you’re light as a feather
You’re falling like a leaf from a tree
The things you thought you needed are fading
Your reason to be

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About Lyrics and Reason To Be by Kansas

The lyrics to Reason To Be are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Kansas used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Reason To Be have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Kansas and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Reason To Be by Kansas. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Reason To Be" means the words set to the music of Reason To Be, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kansas. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Reason To Be and the lyrics to Reason To Be are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kansas who came here looking just for the lyrics to Reason To Be, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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