Lyrics to
Foggy Mental Breakdown

This version of Foggy Mental Breakdown was released by Steppenwolf in 1970.

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Hear me holler down the mountain side
I’m near the sky blinking at the evil eye
Hear me holler at the city’s grind
It stole my soul just about lost my mind

Let the loneliness roll in
Like the foggy mountain dew
Wipe the madness from my eye
‘Till my anger slowly dies
When the shadow play begins
I’ll be watching thru the night
‘Till I find myself again

Hear me holler cross the sea of light
It took my dream and smashed it ‘gainst the night
Hear me holler at the town below
Got nothing left to make me stay and no place left to go

Let the loneliness roll in
Like the foggy mountain dew
Wipe the madness from my eye
‘Till my anger slowly dies
When the shadow play begins
I’ll be watching thru the night
‘Till I find myself again

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About Lyrics and Foggy Mental Breakdown by Steppenwolf

The lyrics to Foggy Mental Breakdown are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Steppenwolf used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Foggy Mental Breakdown have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Steppenwolf 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 Foggy Mental Breakdown by Steppenwolf. 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 Foggy Mental Breakdown" means the words set to the music of Foggy Mental Breakdown, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. 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 Foggy Mental Breakdown and the lyrics to Foggy Mental Breakdown are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to Foggy Mental Breakdown, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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