Lyrics to
Magic Ship

This version of Magic Ship was released by Free in 1972.

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Over there is my magic ship
Would you care to go on a trip
We’ll be sailing on and on
To a land where few have gone
Beyond the skies in my mind

Sweet bells ring and ring and ring you harmonies
Rolling out like the waves on the sea
Sweet bells ring and ring and ring your harmonies
Rolling out to those who can see

Let’s away to a distant night
Let’s away on a magic flight
We’ll be sailing on and on
To a land where few have gone
Beyond the skies in my mind

Sweet bells ring and ring and ring you harmonies
Rolling out like the waves on the sea
Sweet Bells ring and ring and ring your harmonies
Calling out to those who can hear

Oh who can see
Because were sailing

Sweet bells ring and ring and ring you harmonies
Rolling out like the waves on the sea
Sweet Bells ring and ring and ring and ring your harmonies
Rolling out to those who can hear

Oh can you see
Inside
Don’t be afraid,
Step aboard
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
All right here we go

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About Lyrics and Magic Ship by Free

The lyrics to Magic Ship are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Free used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Magic Ship have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Free and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Magic Ship by Free. 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 Magic Ship" means the words set to the music of Magic Ship, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Free. 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 Magic Ship and the lyrics to Magic Ship are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Free who came here looking just for the lyrics to Magic Ship, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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