Lyrics to
Limb From Limb

This version of Limb From Limb was released by Motorhead in 1979.

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Well I’ve never done nothing,
That’s ever gonna shame my life,
Come around any time you like honey,
There ain’t no shame in my bed at night

Long legged lover,
I’m gonna rip you Limb From Limb,
Get you smashed as a rat in some bar,
Sink my claws into your velvet skin

Harsh, cruel words babe,
They’re gonna cut me like a knife,
I don’t care what the hell you call me,
But are ya still coming round tonight?

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Motorhead has released many songs over the years besides Limb From Limb. Motorhead released songs from 1977 to 2004 spanning across albums like Motorhead, Overkill, Bomber, Ace Of Spades, Iron Fist, Another Perfect Day, No Remorse, Orgasmatron, Rock 'n' Roll, 1916, March Or Die, Bastards, Sacrifice, Overnight Sensation, Snake Bite Love, We Are Motorhead, Hammered, and Inferno. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Motorhead.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Limb From Limb, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Motorhead. Some of the lyrics to Limb From Limb have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Motorhead and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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