Lyrics to
Jupiter Hollow

This version of Jupiter Hollow was released by The Band in 1975.

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Jupiter Hollow
Northern Lights
Cast a glow through the window late last night
I went to follow through the sycamore
When I found myself in a place
I’d never been before
There was a unicorn and a dragon queen
Beneath the burgundy sky
I saw an old soldier singin’ a love song
He had the distance in his eye

Livin’ in another world
Livin’ in another time
Like a comet I was hurled
Oh, livin’ in another world

Jupiter Hollow
So far, so near
Like a time machine take you out to a different year
Phoebus Apollo played on his lyre
While we danced to the music of the sphere
And as the moon went down and the sun came up
With the mercury risin’ too
‘Twas then the prophet said the secret of the dead
I’ll whisper it to you

Livin’ in another world
Livin’ in another time
Like a comet I was hurled
Oh, livin’ in another world

Jupiter Hollow
In the midnight sun
Well, no man of dreams was ever more outdone
Where the swallows circle over head
And muses gather by the river of the tears we shed
Just like a pioneer in the new frontier
I don’t know where to begin
Because nobody cares when a man goes mad
And tries to free the ghost within

Livin’ in another world
Livin’ in another time
Like a comet I was hurled
Oh, livin’ in another world

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The lyrics for Jupiter Hollow are defined as the words making up the song released by The Band in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Jupiter Hollow have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Band and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Jupiter Hollow by The Band if you think through it. 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 Jupiter Hollow" means the words set to the music of Jupiter Hollow, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. 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 Jupiter Hollow and the lyrics to Jupiter Hollow are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jupiter Hollow, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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