Lyrics to
Redeemed

This version of Redeemed was released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1972.

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Don’t you give up my young young friend
Here’s a story I think will please
How sir Rastus Bear was in fact redeemed
Redeemed from the cell to which he’d been thrown
By men whose love was more for the ice and cold

Goblins of surcease, villains of wise
They pranced your brain all through the long long night
Sir Rastus Bear who’d ever believe
You’d be by a song redeemed?

Up on the north forty, I’m sure it was christmas day
When sir Rastus Bear taught children how to play
Games of life and love, and songs, oh, those songs
Oh those deep but true, healed (?) country songs

Goblins of surcease, villains of wise
They pranced your brain all through the long long night
Sir Rastus Bear who’d ever believe
You’d be by a song redeemed?

Redeemed, good lord, from the ice and cold
Redeemed from the cell to which I’ve been thrown
Redeemed by virtue, of a country song
And I believe that lord, It won’t be long

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About Lyrics and Redeemed by Blue Oyster Cult

The lyrics to Redeemed are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Blue Oyster Cult used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Redeemed have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Blue Oyster Cult 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 Redeemed by Blue Oyster Cult. 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 Redeemed" means the words set to the music of Redeemed, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blue Oyster Cult. 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 Redeemed and the lyrics to Redeemed are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blue Oyster Cult who came here looking just for the lyrics to Redeemed, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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