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Boats Against The Current

This version of Boats Against The Current was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1978.

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I know it’s over
You know it’s over
We’re just goin’ through the motions
But we’re sailing separate oceans, worlds apart
And you know it’s breakin’ my heart

I was a dreamer
You were a dreamer
But perfection is consuming
And it seems we’re only human after all
And we’ve both been takin’ the fall

But tomorrow
We’ll run a little bit faster
Tomorrow
We’re gonna find what we’re after at last
Feelings that we left in the past
There’s romance in the sunset
We’re boats against the current to the end

Maybe we’re older
And maybe we’re colder
So we disregard solutions
While we cling to our illusions once again
And we keep remembering when
Seasons are changing
Oh my reasons are changing
But the story isn’t ending
So we find ourselves pretending one more day
And the years keep slipping away

But tomorrow
We’ll run a little bit faster
Tomorrow
We’re gonna find what we’re after at last
Feelings that we left in the past
There’s romance in the sunset
We’re boats against the current to the end

But tomorrow
We’ll run a little bit faster
Tomorrow
We’re gonna find what we’re after at last
Feelings that we left in the past
There’s romance in the sunset
We’re boats against the current to the end
Romance in the sunset
We’re boats against the current to the end
To the end

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About Lyrics and Boats Against The Current by Olivia Newton-John

The lyrics to Boats Against The Current are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Olivia Newton-John used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Boats Against The Current have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Olivia Newton-John 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 Boats Against The Current by Olivia Newton-John. 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 Boats Against The Current" means the words set to the music of Boats Against The Current, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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 Boats Against The Current and the lyrics to Boats Against The Current are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Boats Against The Current, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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