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I Lay Down And Die

This version of I Lay Down And Die was released by Bee Gees in 1970.

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Only last night when your arms held me tight
you told me you thought our love could last forever, forever
I was the one that gave you all the love when I thought
that our love could last forever, forever
I lay down and die
The whole world joins in
And everyone cries as teardrops begin
I lay down and die
And when darkness falls
can’t seem right there at all
I lay down and die
The whole world joins in
I lay down and die. The teardrops begin.
I lay down and die. And die. And die.
I lay down and die. The whole world joins in
I lay down and die and the teardrops begin
I lay down and die and I lay down and die

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About Lyrics and I Lay Down And Die by Bee Gees

The lyrics for I Lay Down And Die are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Bee Gees. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I Lay Down And Die have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for I Lay Down And Die - Bee Gees and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to I Lay Down And Die by Bee Gees in multiple 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 I Lay Down And Die" means the words set to the music of I Lay Down And Die, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bee Gees. 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 I Lay Down And Die and the lyrics to I Lay Down And Die are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bee Gees who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Lay Down And Die, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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