Lyrics to
Babylon Fading

This version of Babylon Fading was released by The Doors in 1978.

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Then we hear a whistle like a bison’s pipe
And the carnival immediately begins
Gradually mixing rain,
Thunder
Bullfight
Football
Playground
War
Penny-arcade
Babylon Fading…

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About Lyrics and Babylon Fading by The Doors

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

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

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