Lyrics to
Breakaway

This version of Breakaway was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1976.

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Another day in the city
Another dancer to the music
But lately, all the music sounds so strange
Well some songs have no meaning
And some songs try to hard
Tryin to say it all
And end up saying nothin
Well maybe the words ring true
What’s right for them
Maybe wrong for you
So come out of the jungle
Of another man’s dreams
And if you come to a clearing
As lonely as it seems
It’s never too late to breakaway
To Breakaway

Another day lost in livin
And another same old beginning
And knowing where and why we went wrong
Someone says I’ve changed
And someone says that I’ve remained
In the same place
For maybe just a little too long

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About Lyrics and Breakaway by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics for Breakaway are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Reo Speedwagon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Breakaway have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Breakaway - Reo Speedwagon and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Breakaway by Reo Speedwagon in multiple 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 Breakaway" means the words set to the music of Breakaway, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Breakaway and the lyrics to Breakaway are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Breakaway, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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