Lyrics to
Critical Mass

This version of Critical Mass was released by Aerosmith in 1977.

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Arriving in boats, black hooded coats
Tormentors climbed into my room
I crawled under my bed, covered my head
But they’re flushin’ me out with a broom

The leader, she’s small, pinned my ass to the wall
For my seeds or she’d be losin’ her past
Time after time, she’d be readin’ my mind
But she never got the feelin’ to last

Celebrate, celebrate, celebraid it
This is the critical mass

So far so good, I heard the other say
So good so far, they’re takin’ me away
I drink to you, your mind, her ass
We’ll take a drink and break the glass

Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
This is the critical mass

Now the tallest of two, with a brush full of blue
Paints surrealist scenes on the wall
So I tell her for fun, that it’s really well done
But she just ain’t listenin’ at all

She points to my heart, tellin’ me if I’m smart
I’ll practice and phase
Out and admit, when the shoe doesn’t fit
And I went screaming out down the hall

Really need it
Really need your love
Really need your love
Need your love need your love love love love love love love love love love

Just then I heard a poundin’ on the door
We’re all here, sang the voice of twenty more
I drink to you alas
We’ll take a drink and break the glass

Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
We are the critical mass

Time in space, is takin’ me away
Time erase, don’t know the time of day
Time in space, is takin’ me away
Time erase, don’t know the time of day
Time in space, is takin’ me away
Time erase, don’t know the time of day

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About Lyrics and Critical Mass by Aerosmith

The lyrics to Critical Mass are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Aerosmith used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Critical Mass have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Aerosmith 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 Critical Mass by Aerosmith. 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 Critical Mass" means the words set to the music of Critical Mass, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Aerosmith. 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 Critical Mass and the lyrics to Critical Mass are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Aerosmith who came here looking just for the lyrics to Critical Mass, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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