Lyrics to
Don’t Kill The Whale

This version of Don’T Kill The Whale was released by Yes in 1978.

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You’re first
I’m last
You’re thirst
I’m asked to justify
Killing our last heaven beast
Don’t hunt the whale

In beauty
Vision
Do we
Offer much
If we reason with destiny, gonna lose our touch
Don’t kill the whale

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Rejoice
They sing
They worship their own space
In a moment of love, they will die for their grace
Don’t kill the whale

If time will allow
We will judge all who came
In the wake of our new age to stand for the frail
Don’t kill the whale

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About Lyrics and Don’T Kill The Whale by Yes

The lyrics for Don’T Kill The Whale are defined as the words making up the song released by Yes in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Don’T Kill The Whale have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Yes and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Don’T Kill The Whale by Yes if you think through it. 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 Don’T Kill The Whale" means the words set to the music of Don’T Kill The Whale, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Yes. 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 Don’T Kill The Whale and the lyrics to Don’T Kill The Whale are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Yes who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Kill The Whale, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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