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Mad The Swine

This version of Mad The Swine was released by Queen in 1973.

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I’ve been there before
A long time ago
But this time I wear no sandals
Ages past I gave all you people
Food and water
Three feet tall, so very small
I’m no trouble
I bring thunder and lightning
Sun and the rain
For all the people in the land
A message of love
I bring you from up above
All you children gather around
Come join your hands and sing along
They call me mad the swine
I guess I’m mad the swine
I’ve come to save you
Save you
Mad the swine
Mad the swine
So all you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the lord
I walk upon the water
Just as before
I help the meek and the mild
The believers and the blind
And all the creatures great and small
Let me take you to the river
Without a fall
Then one day you’ll realize
You’re all the same within his eyes
That’s all I’ve got to say
Just like before
They call me mad the swine
Mad the swine
Come to save you
Save you
Mad the swine
Mad the swine
So all you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the lord
So all you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the lord
Don’t ever fail me
Mad the swine
Mad the swine
Come to save you
Save you
Mad the swine
Mad the swine
So all you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the lord
Hands and praise the lord

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The lyrics to Mad The Swine are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Queen in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Mad The Swine are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Queen and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Mad The Swine back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Mad The Swine by Queen in a number of ways. 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 Mad The Swine" means the words set to the music of Mad The Swine, 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 Mad The Swine and the lyrics to Mad The Swine 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 Mad The Swine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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