Lyrics to
Requiem

This version of Requiem was released by Jethro Tull in 1975.

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Well, I saw a bird today — flying from a bush and the
wind blew it away.
And the black-eyed mother sun scorched the butterfly
at play — velvet veined.
I saw it burn.
With a wintry storm-blown sigh, a silver cloud blew
right on by.
And, taking in the morning, I sang — O Requiem.
Well, my lady told me, “Stay.”
I looked aside and walked away along the Strand.
But I didn’t say a word, as the train time-table blurred
close behind the taxi stand.
Saw her face in the tear-drop black cab window.
Fading in the traffic; watched her go.
And taking in the morning, heard myself singing —
O Requiem.
Here I go again.
It’s the same old story.
Well, I saw a bird today — I looked aside and walked
away along the Strand.

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About Lyrics and Requiem by Jethro Tull

The lyrics for Requiem are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Jethro Tull. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Requiem 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 Requiem - Jethro Tull 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 Requiem by Jethro Tull 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 Requiem" means the words set to the music of Requiem, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jethro Tull. 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 Requiem and the lyrics to Requiem are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jethro Tull who came here looking just for the lyrics to Requiem, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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