Lyrics to
Is It Now?

This version of Is It Now? was released by Midnight Oil in 1979.

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There’s a man who walks the lonely field at midnight
He wears a matching suit, steel tipped shoes and the diamonds
And he holds the dying flame, the loaded dice and the answer
He stalks the open road that leads form here to there
You’d better look out, watch out, beware
There’s no safety here
Crouched by the fence, sweat dries cold on your every breath

Where’s the saviour that the critics dream about now
He’s telling jokes to all the saviours in the ward
Be warned when it comes to that, to the point of indecision
When you hesitate, he’ll make his choice for you

You better look out, beware
There’s no safety here (no, no, no safety)
Crouched by the fence, sweat dried cold on your every breath
His eyes, they turn red
You think and recall what he said

He puts a name to every face
Table talk and wall to wall
Winners win the game, and the losers win the war
Resurrection, intersection, comic books and mass defection
Vinyl floor and sliding doors, nothing more
Lost the thread of conversation
Sentence fails and engine roars
No recall, blindfold to the stairs
Is it now?
Is it now?

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About Lyrics and Is It Now? by Midnight Oil

The lyrics to Is It Now? are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Midnight Oil used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Is It Now? have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Midnight Oil 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 Is It Now? by Midnight Oil. 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 Is It Now?" means the words set to the music of Is It Now?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Midnight Oil. 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 Is It Now? and the lyrics to Is It Now? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Midnight Oil who came here looking just for the lyrics to Is It Now?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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