Lyrics to
Away From You

This version of Away From You was released by Kansas in 1979.

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Used to think about what I would grow up to be
Good or bad, right or wrong, it was no harm to me
Was a time in my life when I wish I’d have known
You can’t gamble with fate, you might end up alone

Meet me where the feeling is high, let the sound surround you
Meet me at the top of the sky, where the colors fly around you
Well, I’m lost in a world of dismay
But nothin’ can take me away from you

Left you back while I worked very hard to succeed
All the distance I’ve gone makes it hard to believe
You and I were so close, now we’re so far apart
And I remember the feeling we shared in our heart

Again and again you return to haunt me in my dreams
See your eyes, how they glisten, your hair how it gleams
And I know I will miss you when you have to go
I return to my place until nights lets me know

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About Lyrics and Away From You by Kansas

The lyrics to Away From You are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Kansas used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Away From You 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 Away From You 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 Away From You" means the words set to the music of Away From You, 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 Away From You and the lyrics to Away From You 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 Away From You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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