Lyrics to
Last Rose Of Summer

This version of Last Rose Of Summer was released by Judas Priest in 1977.

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Throughout the soft and timeless days of August
‘Til now the shadows begin to grow much longer
The sunset’s fire has deepened blood red
I give you this, the last rose of summer

A token of my unyielding love
So when the winter’s mantle stills the earth
And all around the scene is dead and cold
This rose reminds you of a time when all was warm and living

Do not despair, mother nature simply rests
In sleep she has well earned
‘Til one day not so very far from now
With the opening of the first rose buds I shall return

A token of my unyielding love
So that when winter’s mettle steals the earth
And all around the scene is dead and cold
This rose reminds you of a time when all was warm and living

The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
In your long shadows
The last rose of summer
In the sunset
The last rose of summer
Take this rose that I give you
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
Don’t worry about the winter
The last rose of summer
I shall return
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer

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Judas Priest has released many songs over the years besides Last Rose Of Summer. Judas Priest released songs from 1974 to 2005 spanning across albums like Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Sin After Sin, Killing Machine / Hell Bent For Leather, Stained Class, British Steel, Point Of Entry, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders Of The Faith, Turbo, Ram It Down, Painkiller, Jugulator, Demolition, and Angel Of Retribution. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Judas Priest.

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About Lyrics and Last Rose Of Summer by Judas Priest

The lyrics to Last Rose Of Summer are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Judas Priest used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Last Rose Of Summer have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Judas Priest 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 Last Rose Of Summer by Judas Priest. 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 Last Rose Of Summer" means the words set to the music of Last Rose Of Summer, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Judas Priest. 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 Last Rose Of Summer and the lyrics to Last Rose Of Summer are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Judas Priest who came here looking just for the lyrics to Last Rose Of Summer, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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