Lyrics to
Next

This version of Next was released by Journey in 1977.

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Sitting in the corner of a room, thinkin’ of you.
Wonderin’ what you’re doing now we’re apart.
No use cryin’, tears can’t reach you now.
Memories, fulfilling dreams.

You used to be, so good to me,
I can’t live without you.
I’d like to be, in your fantasy baby,
Part of you is me, wo-

Walking across the clouds, hope I see you there.
Be it day or nighttime, I don’t really care.
Hope you see me too, before I meet my end.
Someone stole my life away, I can’t pretend.

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Journey has released many songs over the years besides Next. Journey released songs from 1975 to 2005 spanning across albums like Journey, Look Into The Future, Next, Infinity, Evolution, Departure, Dream After Dream, Escape, Frontiers, Raised On Radio, Trial By Fire, Arrival, Red 13, and Generations. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Journey.

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About Lyrics and Next by Journey

The lyrics for Next are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Journey. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Next 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 Next - Journey 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 Next by Journey 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 Next" means the words set to the music of Next, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Journey. 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 Next and the lyrics to Next are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Journey who came here looking just for the lyrics to Next, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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