Lyrics to
People

This version of People was released by Journey in 1977.

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Who are the ones that slip and slide through life,
Moving like the waves in a sink,
People, always need a minute or two to think.

Who says they’re not going to Hell,
Climbing the stairway to you know where,
People, Oh! so happy until they scare.

Who always has got to talk about somebody else,
Born as a God, they think that’s got to be
People, simply just another you and me.

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The lyrics to People are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Journey used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to People have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Journey 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 People by Journey. 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 People" means the words set to the music of People, 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 People and the lyrics to People 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 People, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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