Lyrics to
Onward

This version of Onward was released by Yes in 1978.

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Contained in everything I do
There’s a love I feel for you
Proclaimed in everything I write
You’re the light, burning brightly

Onward through the night
Onward through the night
Onward through the night of my life

Displayed in all the things I see
There’s a love you show to me
Portrayed in all the things you say
You’re the day leading the way

Onward through the night
Onward through the night
Onward through the night of my life

Onward through the night
Onward through the night
Onward through the night of my life

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About Lyrics and Onward by Yes

When you decide to study the lyrics to Onward, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Yes. Some of the lyrics to Onward have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Yes and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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