Lyrics to
Mother Dear

This version of Mother Dear was released by Styx in 1975.

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Lonely feelings in the city
One room flat with crumbling walls
Sirens play a distant melody
Neon shadows paint the halls

In the thirteen months I’ve spent here
With my manuscript and rhymes
I’ve paid in cash for foolish pleasures
Mother dear you’d call them crimes

Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I’m returning tonight
Now I see
Your concern
Mother dear how you taught me to learn

I been a Roman for survival
Showing two sides of my face
I need the comfort of your wisdom
I’m coming home to your embrace

If by chance I pass before you
Don’t discount my gratitude
You’re responsible for me here
And of course my attitude

Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I’m returning tonight
Now I see
Your concern
Mother dear how you taught me to learn

Stayin’ up half the night
Wonderin’ if what I’m doin’ is right
Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I’m returning tonight

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About Lyrics and Mother Dear by Styx

The lyrics for Mother Dear are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Styx. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mother Dear 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 Mother Dear - Styx 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 Mother Dear by Styx 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 Mother Dear" means the words set to the music of Mother Dear, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. 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 Mother Dear and the lyrics to Mother Dear are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mother Dear, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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