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Angels Have Fallen

This version of Angels Have Fallen was released by Kansas in 1979.

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Angels have fallen, fallen from heaven, where did they go
No one could save them no one forgave them their chance to know
When I hear them below I think how it is to be weary
Children are restless they know what can happen when men are vain
Talking in riddles won’t keep them from knowing you’ve gone insane
They know a few will try to gain by trying to live like their teachers

Save me for now, save me forever
Hold me so close, I can’t bear to go
There’s darkness around me or is it within me
You’re living forever, I’m dying so slow

Inside a window that leads to your conscience you’ll see, you’ll hear
People are talking maybe you know them, they know you’re near
Masking themselves from fear and asking themselves who their friends are

Well you say that you’ve been here in this life and time
You say it’s no good here, but you say that so fine
You reach for your winnings, an angelic excuse
Round them you act humble, still you never refuse
You better tell all your people to watch for a sign
Make them glad they are living in this life and time
The angels have fallen, they’ve all gone away
It’s you that must find them by living each day

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Angels Have Fallen, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Kansas. Some of the lyrics to Angels Have Fallen have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Kansas and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Angels Have Fallen if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Angels Have Fallen" means the words set to the music of Angels Have Fallen, 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 Angels Have Fallen and the lyrics to Angels Have Fallen 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 Angels Have Fallen, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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