Lyrics to
Misfire

This version of Misfire was released by Queen in 1974.

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Don’t you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on

Don’t you know honey, that love’s a game
It’s always hit or miss, so take your aim
Got to hold on tight, shoot me out of sight

Don’t you misfire…
Don’t you misfire…

Your gun is loaded, and pointing my way
There’s only one bullet, so don’t delay
Got to time it right, fire me through the night

Come on, take a shot
Fire me higher
Don’t you miss this time
Please don’t misfire, misfire

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The lyrics for Misfire are defined as the words making up the song released by Queen in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Misfire have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Queen and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Misfire by Queen if you think through it. 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 Misfire" means the words set to the music of Misfire, 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 Misfire and the lyrics to Misfire 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 Misfire, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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