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In The Rapids

This version of In The Rapids was released by Genesis in 1974.

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Moving down the water
John is drifting out of sight,
It’s only at the turning point
That you find out how to fight.

In the cold, feel the cold
all around
And the rush of crashing water
Surround me with its sound.

Striking out to reach you,
I can’t get through to the other side.
When you’re racing in the rapids
There’s only one way, that’s to ride.

Taken down, taken down
by the undertow
And I’m spiralled down the river bed,
My fire is burning low.

Catching hold of a rock that’s firm,
I’m waiting for John to be carried past.
We hold together and shoot the rapids fast.

And when the waters slow down
The dark and the deep
have no-one left to keep.
Hang on John! We’re out of this at last.
Something’s changed, that’s not your face.
It’s mine!

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About Lyrics and In The Rapids by Genesis

The lyrics for In The Rapids are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Genesis. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to In The Rapids 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 In The Rapids - Genesis 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 In The Rapids by Genesis 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 In The Rapids" means the words set to the music of In The Rapids, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Genesis. 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 In The Rapids and the lyrics to In The Rapids are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Genesis who came here looking just for the lyrics to In The Rapids, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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