Lyrics to
Deathwish

This version of Deathwish was released by The Police in 1979.

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Deathwish in the fading light
Headlight pointing through the night
Never thought I’d see the day
Playing with my life this way

Gotta keep my foot right down
If I had wings I’d leave the ground
Buning in the outside lane
People think that I’m insane

The day I take a bend too fast
Judgement that could be my last
I’ll be wiped right off the slate
Don’t wait up ’cause I’ll be late

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About Lyrics and Deathwish by The Police

The lyrics to Deathwish are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Police used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Deathwish have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Police 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 Deathwish by The Police. 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 Deathwish" means the words set to the music of Deathwish, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Police. 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 Deathwish and the lyrics to Deathwish are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Police who came here looking just for the lyrics to Deathwish, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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