Lyrics to
Faster

This version of Faster was released by George Harrison in 1979.

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Chose a life in circuses
Jumped into the deepest end
Pushing himself to all extremes
Made it – people became his friend.

Now they stood and noticed him
Wanted to be part of it
Pulled out some poor machinery
So he worked ’til the pieces fit.

The people were intrigued
His wife held back her fears
The headlines gave acclaim
He’d realized their dreams.

Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it but it’s true they say
He’s the master of going faster.

Now he moved into the space
That the special people share
Right on the edge of do or die
Where there is nothing left to spare.

Still the crowds came pouring in
Some had hoped to see him fail
Filling their hearts with jealousies
Crazy people with love so frail.

The people were intrigued
His wife held back her fears
The headlines gave acclaim
He’d realized their dreams.

Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it but it’s true they say
He’s the master of going faster.

No need to wonder why
His wife held back her fears
So few have even tried
To realize their dreams.
Faster than a bullet . . .

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About Lyrics and Faster by George Harrison

The lyrics for Faster are defined as the words making up the song released by George Harrison in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Faster have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only George Harrison 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 Faster by George Harrison 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 Faster" means the words set to the music of Faster, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by George Harrison. 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 Faster and the lyrics to Faster are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of George Harrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Faster, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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