Lyrics to
Hang On To Your Life

This version of Hang On To Your Life was released by The Doors in 1971.

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Sweet bird of prey you’ve gone below
All soft and black it’s time to grow
Don’t be afraid to touch the light
Don’t run from love in the starless night

Hang on to your life it’s begun now
Hang on paradise here we come now
Life is like the wind, where does it begin?

Time come again, where’s your day now?
Bring me your sunlight, it’s the way now
Just spread your wings and taste the sky
It’s time to laugh, it’s time to fly
The mountain air is clear and bright
Your shadow world is endless night

Hang on to your life it’s begun now
Hang on paradise here we come now

Hang on to your life it’s begun now
Hang on paradise here we come now
Life is like the wind, where’s it gonna end?

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About Lyrics and Hang On To Your Life by The Doors

When you decide to study the lyrics to Hang On To Your Life, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by The Doors. Some of the lyrics to Hang On To Your Life have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Doors and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Hang On To Your Life if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Hang On To Your Life" means the words set to the music of Hang On To Your Life, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doors. 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 Hang On To Your Life and the lyrics to Hang On To Your Life are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doors who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hang On To Your Life, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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