Lyrics to
Magnum Opus

This version of Magnum Opus was released by Kansas in 1976.

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This foolish game, oh it’s still the same
The notes go dancin’ off in the air
And don’t you believe it’s true,
the music is all for you
It’s really all we’ve got to share
Cause Rockin’ and Rollin’, it’s only
howlin’ at the Moon.
It’s only howlin’ at the Moon.

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Kansas has released many songs over the years besides Magnum Opus. Kansas released songs from 1974 to 2000 spanning across albums like Kansas, Masque, Song For America, Leftoverture, Point Of Know Return, Monolith, Audio-Visions, Vinyl Confessions, Drastic Measures, Power, In The Spirit Of Things, Freaks Of Nature, Always Never The Same, and Somewhere To Elsewhere. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kansas.

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About Lyrics and Magnum Opus by Kansas

The lyrics for Magnum Opus are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Kansas. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Magnum Opus have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Magnum Opus - Kansas and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Magnum Opus by Kansas in multiple 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 Magnum Opus" means the words set to the music of Magnum Opus, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kansas. 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 Magnum Opus and the lyrics to Magnum Opus are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kansas who came here looking just for the lyrics to Magnum Opus, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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