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Clair De Lune / Ballerina

This version of Clair De Lune / Ballerina was released by Styx in 1976.

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It seems you finally had to choose
I guess there was no other way
Between my love and satin shoes
I knew the words you’d have to say

It all began so long ago
That the memory’s hardly clear
But when I seen you dance I know
Half your love I’ll always share

Ballerina when you dance there’s music
Colored lights illuminate your movement
Crowded halls anticipate your gentle smile

Ballerina from the first I knew that
You would always have to dance I knew that
There would surely come a day when you would go
Baby I know…

Dance for me, I beg of you, dance for me
Dance for me, ballerina, dance for me

Ballerina when you dance there’s music
Colored lights illuminate your movement
Crowded halls anticipate your gentle smile

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About Lyrics and Clair De Lune / Ballerina by Styx

The lyrics to Clair De Lune / Ballerina are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Styx used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Clair De Lune / Ballerina have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Styx 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 Clair De Lune / Ballerina by Styx. 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 Clair De Lune / Ballerina" means the words set to the music of Clair De Lune / Ballerina, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. 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 Clair De Lune / Ballerina and the lyrics to Clair De Lune / Ballerina are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to Clair De Lune / Ballerina, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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