Lyrics to
Intermission

This version of Intermission was released by The Carpenters in 1972.

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We’ll be right
We’ll be right
We’ll be right
We’ll be right back
After we go to the bathroom

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About Lyrics and Intermission by The Carpenters

The lyrics for Intermission are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by The Carpenters. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Intermission 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 Intermission - The Carpenters 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 Intermission by The Carpenters 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 Intermission" means the words set to the music of Intermission, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. 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 Intermission and the lyrics to Intermission are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Intermission, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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