Lyrics to
Atom Age

This version of Atom Age was released by Xtc in 1978.

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I’m heading into the atom age
My contemporary house is all the rage
My wife’s getting lazy going gadget crazy
Wants a pallette shaped coffee table and a matching settee
I’m heading into the atom age
My kids have gone obscene want to marry at fourteen
Want a pallette shaped coffee table and a matching settee

I’m heading into the atom age
I flick on the video to soothe me
It’s better colour than the real thing!
I relax to a three D porno movie
Hey does anyone remember what ever happened to string?
I’m heading into the atom age

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About Lyrics and Atom Age by Xtc

When you decide to study the lyrics to Atom Age, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Xtc. Some of the lyrics to Atom Age have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Xtc and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Atom Age 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 Atom Age" means the words set to the music of Atom Age, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Xtc. 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 Atom Age and the lyrics to Atom Age are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Xtc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Atom Age, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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