Lyrics to
Long Away

This version of Long Away was released by Queen in 1976.

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You might believe in heaven
I would not care to say
For every star in heaven
There’s a sad soul here today
Wake up in the morning with a good face
Stare at the moon all day
Lonely as a whisper on a star chase
Does anyone care anyway
For all the prayers in heaven
So much of life’s this way

Did we leave our way behind us
Such a long long way behind us
Who knows when, now who knows where
Where the light of day will find us?
Look for the day

Take heart, my friend, we love you
Though it seems like you’re alone
A million lights above you
Smile down upon your home
Hurry put your troubles in a suitcase
Come let the new child play
Lonely as a whisper on a star chase
I’m leaving here, I’m long away
For all the stars in heaven
I would not live
I could not live this way

Did we leave our way behind us
Such a long way behind us
Leave it for some hopeless lane
Such a long long way
such a long long way
such a long long away
I’m looking for
Still looking for that day

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About Lyrics and Long Away by Queen

When you decide to study the lyrics to Long Away, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Queen. Some of the lyrics to Long Away have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Queen and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Long Away 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 Long Away" means the words set to the music of Long Away, 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 Long Away and the lyrics to Long Away 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 Long Away, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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