Lyrics to
Paradox

This version of Paradox was released by Kansas in 1977.

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I’m on fire
Burning with the question in my mind
Strange desire
Seems there’s nothing else for me to find

‘Cause I’ve been here, and I’ve been there,
Seems like I’ve been everywhere before
I’ve seen it all a hundred times
Still I think there surely must be more

I’ve been livin’, I had to take my time and change my style
Now I wonder is something gonna make it all worthwhile

I know there’s more than meets the eye
Like to see it ‘fore I die for sure.
Something tells me it’s all right
Only one step farther to the door

There ain’t no feelin’, feels the same as findin’ out the key
Now I’m reelin’, thinking of the things that I might see

I’m not afraid to face the light
I’m not afraid to think that I might fall
I was going nowhere fast
I was needing something that would last

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About Lyrics and Paradox by Kansas

The lyrics for Paradox are defined as the words making up the song released by Kansas in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Paradox have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Kansas and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Paradox by Kansas if you think through it. 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 Paradox" means the words set to the music of Paradox, 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 Paradox and the lyrics to Paradox 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 Paradox, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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