Lyrics to
Lifetimes

Released by Van Morrison in 1978
From the Album: Wavelength |

This version of Lifetimes was released by Van Morrison in 1978.

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You sit in silence
And the river answers
And I have loved you many, many years
I saw you standing by the wonderous river
And I have come today
To calm your fears

Those lifetimes
So many lifetimes
With you

The boatman singin’ far across the water
What is this feelin’ in my heart and soul
The nighttime angel spreads her wings around me
And I feel the sadness
And the river flows

Those lifetimes
So many lifetimes
With you

Listen to the music inside
That is all that you have to do
Listen to the music inside
Can’t you hear what it says to you

And I shall get to know you
In these lifetimes
In awe and wonder
On down through the years
The nighttime angel spreads her wings around me
I feel the silence
And my doubts are cleared

Those lifetimes
So many lifetimes
With you

Listen to the music inside
That is all that you have to do
Listen to the music inside
Can’t you hear what it says to you

Listen to the music inside
That is all that you have to do
Listen to the music inside
Can’t you hear what it says to you


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About Lyrics and Lifetimes by Van Morrison

When you decide to study the lyrics to Lifetimes, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Van Morrison. Some of the lyrics to Lifetimes have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Van Morrison and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Lifetimes if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Lifetimes" means the words set to the music of Lifetimes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Morrison. 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 Lifetimes and the lyrics to Lifetimes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Morrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lifetimes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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