Lyrics to
Opus Insert

This version of Opus Insert was released by Kansas in 1976.

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There’s a reason for all that rhymes,
it’s the fact and the way of the times
It’s moving emotion, it’s high and it’s low,
no matter where you go
There is something for all who
look, there’s a story in every book
All of the pages, between all the lines,
so much that you can find

But there’s too many empty lives my friend
And we just can’t let them waste away
For this life is a precious thing my friend
And we just can’t wait another day

There’s a message in every word,
and it’s more than the word you heard
It’s moving emotion, it comes like a sea,
washing all over me

For there’s nothing that we can’t do my friend,
cause the spirit is with us all
And it’s here and it’s now, it’s up and it’s down
You can feel it surrounding us all.

After all we’re all the same, only difference is a name and where we are
In this crazy mixed up deal, there’s so much that you can feel
Near and far it’s where you are

And there’s times when I can’t contain all the feelings of love I’ll gain
It’s there for the asking, it’s for all of you if you would take it too

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About Lyrics and Opus Insert by Kansas

The lyrics for Opus Insert are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Kansas. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Opus Insert 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 Opus Insert - Kansas 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 Opus Insert by Kansas 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 Opus Insert" means the words set to the music of Opus Insert, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kansas. 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 Opus Insert and the lyrics to Opus Insert are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kansas who came here looking just for the lyrics to Opus Insert, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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