Lyrics to
Limelight

This version of Limelight was released by Xtc in 1979.

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I’m in the limelight
No time for sun ray
We are the happening
This day is our day
I’m in the limelight ah ah
Big on my block now ah ah
I’m in the limelight ah ah
I’m in the limelight
I’m in love
with myself
Please don’t break the spell
Or give to someone else
I am a success
At least for a short while
I make decisions
Influence people

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About Lyrics and Limelight by Xtc

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

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

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