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Novim’s Nightmare

This version of Novim’S Nightmare was released by Cat Stevens in 1975.

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Once I had a dream, that worried me
Like a drunken guillotine
Lingering just above my head
Why, why, why, why?
Why was I born “The Nine”
Cursed repeatedly
Who would know if I should die.
No one needed me
Doo doo doo doo doo

Dark and empty was the place to which I’d come
Cold and silent was the house my name was on
Nine rooms and a tomb in every one
S’dark and empty was the place to which I’d come

All at once my bones began to change
I was tall and young again,
Sweet as rain falling on the snow
Who, who, who, who?
Who is he, who am I, and
What laid in between?
How can I say goodbye? No one let me in
Can’t see no need for Nine no more
Now it’s too late to open the door.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Novim’S Nightmare, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Cat Stevens. Some of the lyrics to Novim’S Nightmare have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Cat Stevens and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Novim’S Nightmare if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Novim’S Nightmare" means the words set to the music of Novim’S Nightmare, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. 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 Novim’S Nightmare and the lyrics to Novim’S Nightmare are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to Novim’S Nightmare, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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