Lyrics to
Eagle

This version of Eagle was released by Carole King in 1979.

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Eagle wants to fly again
Though she’s been shot down
You can see her tryin’
Though her wings still touch the ground
Soon she’s gonna rise up
With a pure and joyful sound
Fly, Eagle

Strong heart feels abandoned
He’s been away from what he loves the best
But his spirit isn’t broken
He feels content around the Eagle’s nest
Ah, but you can feel his patience
And you know whatever strong heart does
He never longs for what was
He lives each moment to the end

Eagle wants to fly again
Though she’s been shot down
You can see her tryin’
Though her wings still touch the ground
Soon she’s gonna rise up
With a pure and joyful sound
Fly, Eagle

Through it all she tends her young ones
Doing what she can to help them grow
Maybe they will fly away before her
And her only choice is just to let them go
Eagle sees her sister
Living free up on the mountain top
So she doubles her effort
Till you think that she is bound to drop
But Eagle has the courage
You can tell that she’s been felled before
She was born to soar
And she’s gonna soar again

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About Lyrics and Eagle by Carole King

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

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