Lyrics to
Let The Music Set You Free

This version of Let The Music Set You Free was released by Santana in 1977.

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Let the music set you free

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About Lyrics and Let The Music Set You Free by Santana

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

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