Lyrics to
Evil

This version of Evil was released by Stevie Wonder in 1972.

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Evil, why have you engulfed so many hearts…Evil
Evil, why have you destroyed so many minds…
Leaving room for darkness, where lost dreams can hide.

Evil, why do you infest our purest thoughts, with hatred.
Evil, why have you stolen so much love…
Leaving everyone’s emotions lost and wandering free.

Evil, why have you taken over God’s children’s eyes…Evil
Evil, before they could really grow to see,
That your way, is not the way, to make, life what it should be, Yea, yea, yea
Evil, why have you destroyed, you’ve destroyed so much of this doggone world…Evil
Evil, oh, why have you broken so many homes…
Leaving everyone’s emotions lost and wandering free.

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The lyrics to Evil are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Stevie Wonder in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Evil are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Stevie Wonder and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Evil back when it was created.

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

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