Lyrics to
Ennui

This version of Ennui was released by Lou Reed in 1974.

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All the things you said
you thought I was dead
everything made me feel aware
Ah, you’re getting old
you’re doing things
you’re losing your hair

All the things that you used to believe in
Turned out to be true, you’re guilty of reason

You’re the kind of person that
I could do without
And certain kinds of money would make you see
what it’s all about

There’s a first time for everything
And a first one’s on me, don’t you see

All of the things that your old lover said
look at them, they jump out of windows
and now they’re just dead
It’s the truth, don’t you realize

Faded without any talent of fun
running out on the streets, balling anyone
It’s the truth, It’s the truth

Pick up the pieces that make up your life
maybe some day you’ll have a wife and them alimony
Oh, can’t you see

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The lyrics for Ennui are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Lou Reed. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Ennui have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Ennui - Lou Reed and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Ennui by Lou Reed in multiple 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 Ennui" means the words set to the music of Ennui, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. 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 Ennui and the lyrics to Ennui are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ennui, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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