Lyrics to
Reason To Believe

This version of Reason To Believe was released by The Carpenters in 1970.

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If I listened long enough to you
I’d find a way to believe that it’s all true
Knowing that you lied, straight-faced, while I cried
Still I’d look to find a reason to believe
Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give, never think of myself

If I gave you time to change my mind
I’d find a way to leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied, straight-faced, while I cried
Still I’d look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give, never think of myself

Someone like you makes it hard to think about somebody else
If I listened long enough to you
I’d find a way to believe that it’s all true
I’d find a reason, a reason to believe (oh no)
And though I want you, you’re just not what I need

Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give, never think of myself

Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else
Someone like you, like you
I’d find a reason to believe
I would find a reason to believe

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The lyrics to Reason To Believe are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Carpenters used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Reason To Believe have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Carpenters 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 Reason To Believe by The Carpenters. 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 Reason To Believe" means the words set to the music of Reason To Believe, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. 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 Reason To Believe and the lyrics to Reason To Believe are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Reason To Believe, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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