Lyrics to Belexes - Decade Lyrics

This version of Belexes was released by Kansas in 1974.

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Oh, I cannot tell you to make up your mind
And gather together the best of your kind
The prophets have spoken the words of ill fate
Your childhood has ended you’ve taken the bait
You’ve got the power it’s there deep inside
Just look around and you’ll know what you’ve tried
So much relies on the course that you take
The fool and the wise man both burn at the stake-ah

Look at the heads buried deep in the sand
Hiding from evil made by their own hand
The prophets have spoken the words of ill fate
Your childhood has ended you’ve taken the bait
You’ve got the power it’s there deep inside
Just look around and you’ll know what you’ve tried
So much relies on the course that you take
The fool and the wise man both burn at the stake-ah

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Kansas has released many songs over the years besides Belexes. Kansas released songs from 1974 to 2000 spanning across albums like Kansas, Masque, Song For America, Leftoverture, Point Of Know Return, Monolith, Audio-Visions, Vinyl Confessions, Drastic Measures, Power, In The Spirit Of Things, Freaks Of Nature, Always Never The Same, and Somewhere To Elsewhere. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kansas.

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About Lyrics and Belexes by Kansas

The lyrics to Belexes are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kansas in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Belexes are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Kansas and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Belexes back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Belexes by Kansas in a number of ways. 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 Belexes" means the words set to the music of Belexes, 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 Belexes and the lyrics to Belexes 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 Belexes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.