Lyrics to
Lilywhite Lilith

This version of Lilywhite Lilith was released by Genesis in 1974.

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The chamber was in confusion-all the voices shouting loud.
I could only just hear, a voice quite near say, “Please help me
through the crowd”
‘Said if I helped her thru’ she could help me too, but I could
see that she was wholly blind.
But from her pale face and her pale skin, a moonlight shined.

Lilywhite Lilith,
She gonna take you thru’ the tunnel of night.
Lilywhite Lilith,
She gonna lead you right.

When I’d led her through the people, the angry noise began to grow.
She said “Let me feel the way the breezes blow, and I’ll show
you where to go.”
So I followed her into a big round cave, she said “They’re coming
for you, now don’t be afraid.”
Then she sat me down on a cold stone throne, carved in jade.

Lilywhite Lilith,
She gonna take you thru’ the tunnel of night.
Lilywhite Lilith,
She gonna lead you right.

She leaves me in my darkness,
I have to face my fear,
And the darkness closes in on me,
I can hear a whirring sound growling near.
I can see the corner of the tunnel,
Lit up by whatever’s coming here.
Two golden globes float into the room
And a blaze of white light fills the air.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Lilywhite Lilith, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Genesis. Some of the lyrics to Lilywhite Lilith have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Genesis and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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