Lyrics to
Lady Of The Lake

This version of Lady Of The Lake was released by Rainbow in 1978.

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There’s a magical sound slidin’ over the ground
Makin’ it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry fallin’ out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She’s got my life in her hands

When a movement behind hit the side of my mind
I trembled and shook it away
Then another assault and I started to faulter
Fibres of steel turned to clay

With a bubbly turn now the water should churn
And push it way from the core
And a lady in white will bring sun to the night
Brighter than ever before

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She’s got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

There’s a magical sound slidin’ over the ground
Makin’ it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry fallin’ out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a slivery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

Straight down I’m swirling around
Blinded and bruised by the strain
There must be some way to see
Diamonds out of the rain

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She’s got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

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About Lyrics and Lady Of The Lake by Rainbow

The lyrics for Lady Of The Lake are defined as the words making up the song released by Rainbow in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lady Of The Lake have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Rainbow 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 Lady Of The Lake by Rainbow 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 Lady Of The Lake" means the words set to the music of Lady Of The Lake, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rainbow. 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 Lady Of The Lake and the lyrics to Lady Of The Lake are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rainbow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lady Of The Lake, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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