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Questions

This version of Questions was released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976.

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In a dream it would seem
I went to those who close the open door
Turning the key, I sat and spoke to those inside of me

They answered my questions with questions
And pointed me into the night
Where the moon was a star-painted dancer
And the world was just a spectrum of light

They reached to my center of reason
And pulled on the touchstone that’s there
The shock of that light had me reeling
And I fell into the depths of despair

They answered my questions with questions
And set me to stand on the brink
Where the sun and the moon were as brothers
And all that was left was to think

They answered my questions with questions
And pointed me into the night
The power that bore me had left me alone
To figure out which way was right

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The lyrics to Questions are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Questions are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Questions back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Questions by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in a number of 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 Questions" means the words set to the music of Questions, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. 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 Questions and the lyrics to Questions are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Manfred Mann's Earth Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Questions, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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