Lyrics to
Being Boiled (Fast Version)

This version of Being Boiled (Fast Version) was released by The Human League in 1979.

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Listen to the voice of Buddha
Saying stop your sericulture
Little people like your offspring
Boiled alive for some god’s stocking
Buddha’s watching, Buddha’s waiting

Just because the kid’s an orphan
Is no excuse for thoughtless slaying
Children don’t forget this torture
Just because you call her mother
Doesn’t mean that she’s your better

Once more with the voice of Buddha
He’ll say carry on your slaughter
Who cares for the little children
You may slice with no conviction
Blind revenge on a blameless victim

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About Lyrics and Being Boiled (Fast Version) by The Human League

The lyrics for Being Boiled (Fast Version) are defined as the words making up the song released by The Human League in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Being Boiled (Fast Version) have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Human League and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Being Boiled (Fast Version) by The Human League if you think through it. 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 Being Boiled (Fast Version)" means the words set to the music of Being Boiled (Fast Version), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Human League. 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 Being Boiled (Fast Version) and the lyrics to Being Boiled (Fast Version) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Human League who came here looking just for the lyrics to Being Boiled (Fast Version), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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