Lyrics to
Patiently

This version of Patiently was released by Journey in 1978.

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Here I stand so patiently
For your lights to shine on me
For your song inside of me
This we bring to you

In the shadow of love
Time goes by leaving me helpless
Just to reach and try
To live my life
These are my reasons, so

here we stand so patiently
For your song inside of me
For your lights to shine on me
This we bring to you
One, One, in a million

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About Lyrics and Patiently by Journey

The lyrics for Patiently are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Journey. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Patiently 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 Patiently - Journey 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 Patiently by Journey 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 Patiently" means the words set to the music of Patiently, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Journey. 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 Patiently and the lyrics to Patiently are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Journey who came here looking just for the lyrics to Patiently, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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