Lyrics to
How Do You Think It Feels

This version of How Do You Think It Feels was released by Lou Reed in 1973.

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How do you think it feels
when you’re speeding and lonely, come here baby
How do you think it feels
when all you can say is if only

If only I had a little
if only I had some change, come here baby
If only, if only, if only

How do you think it feels
and when do you think it stops

How do you think it feels
when you’ve been up for five days, come down here mama
Hunting around always, ooohhh
’cause you’re afraid of sleeping

How do you think it feels
to feel like a wolf and foxy
How do you think it feels

To always make love by proxy, huh
how do you think it feels
And when do you think it stops
when do you think it stops

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The lyrics to How Do You Think It Feels are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Lou Reed used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to How Do You Think It Feels have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Lou Reed 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 How Do You Think It Feels by Lou Reed. 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 How Do You Think It Feels" means the words set to the music of How Do You Think It Feels, 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 How Do You Think It Feels and the lyrics to How Do You Think It Feels 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 How Do You Think It Feels, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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