Lyrics to
Pandora’s Box

This version of Pandora’S Box was released by Donna Summer in 1975.

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If I had known of what would come
I might have walked outta here a lot less harmed
But I’m no lady of the glass
And I can’t foretell what will pass

And I went with my defenses down
As your love sent me spinning spinning ’round
Oh you took me to the very top
And then I took a bad (and) long long drop

Oh promises are made to be broken
That’s all I ever learned from loving you
And oh when you opened up your love to me
You opened up Pandora’s box

Oh promises are made to bend and stretch oh
And end up being really worthless
And oh when I opened up the door to you
I opened up Pandora’s box

Just one look and I knew you knew
I was all hung up hung up on loving you
I just put all my trust in love
And I placed a big old bet on lady love
I was sentenced to loving you
And I’m serving time in solitude
Yeah I gave ya everything that I got
And you took it all and walked right off

Oh promises are made to be broken
That’s all I ever learned from loving you
And oh when you opened up your love to me
You opened up Pandora’s box

Oh promises are made to bend and stretch oh
And end up being really worthless
And oh when I opened up the door to you
I opened up Pandora’s box

Just one look and I knew you knew
I was all hung up hung up on loving you
I just put all my trust in love
And I placed a big old bet on lady love

Oh promises are made to be broken
That’s all I ever learned from loving you
And oh when you opened up your love to me
You opened up Pandora’s box

Oh promises are made to bend and stretch oh
And end up being really worthless
And oh when I opened up the door to you
I opened up Pandora’s box

Oh promises are made to be broken
That’s all I ever learned from loving you
And oh when you opened up your love to me
You opened up Pandora’s box

Oh promises are made to bend and stretch oh
And en up being really worthless

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About Lyrics and Pandora’S Box by Donna Summer

The lyrics to Pandora’S Box are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Donna Summer used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Pandora’S Box have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Donna Summer and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Pandora’S Box by Donna Summer. 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 Pandora’S Box" means the words set to the music of Pandora’S Box, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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 Pandora’S Box and the lyrics to Pandora’S Box are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Pandora’S Box, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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