Lyrics to
Driftwood

This version of Driftwood was released by Moody Blues in 1978.

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Just like the driftwood of a dream
Left of the seashore of sleep
Just like the words that wouldn’t rhyme
Lost in the desert of time
Time waits for no one at all
No, not even you
You thought you’d seen it all before
You really thought you knew

I don’t remember what was said
In the confusion that night
I only know what’s on my mind
What’s in the future we will decide
Time waits for no one at all
No, not even you
You thought you’d seen it all before
You really thought you knew

I’ve shattered the illusion
Of fortune and of fame
But darling now I know you
Life could never be the same
Oh no… don’t leave me driftwood
On the shore

Time waits for no one my love
No, not even you
You thought you’d seen it all before
You really thought you knew

I’ve shattered the illusion
Of forture and of fame
I’m waking up
I’m reaching up
I’m getting up from this game
Oh no… don’t leave me driftwood
On the shore
Oh no… don’t, don’t leave me driftwood
On the shore…

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About Lyrics and Driftwood by Moody Blues

The lyrics to Driftwood are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Moody Blues in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Driftwood are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Moody Blues and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Driftwood back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Driftwood by Moody Blues in a number of 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 Driftwood" means the words set to the music of Driftwood, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Moody Blues. 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 Driftwood and the lyrics to Driftwood are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Moody Blues who came here looking just for the lyrics to Driftwood, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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