Lyrics to
Lily Of The Valley

Released by Queen in 1974
From the Album: Sheer Heart Attack |

This version of Lily Of The Valley was released by Queen in 1974.

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I am forever searching high and low
But why does everybody tell me no
Neptune of the seas
Have you an answer for me please
And the lily of the valley doesn’t know

I lie in wait with open eyes
I carry on through stormy skies
I follow every course
My kingdom for a horse
But each time I grow old
Serpent of the Nile
Relieve me for a while
And cast me from your spell and let me go

Messenger from Seven Seas has flown
To tell the King of Rhye he’s lost his throne
Wars will never cease
Is there time enough for peace
But the lily of the valley doesn’t know


Queen has released many songs over the years besides Lily Of The Valley. Queen released songs from 1973 to 1995 spanning across albums like Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, Queen II, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World, Jazz, The Game, Hot Space, The Works, A Kind Of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo, and Made In Heaven. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Queen.

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About Lyrics and Lily Of The Valley by Queen

The lyrics to Lily Of The Valley are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Queen used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Lily Of The Valley have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Queen 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 Lily Of The Valley by Queen. 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 Lily Of The Valley" means the words set to the music of Lily Of The Valley, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Queen. 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 Lily Of The Valley and the lyrics to Lily Of The Valley are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Queen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lily Of The Valley, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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