Lyrics to
Salvation

Released by Elton John in 1972
From the Album: Honky Chateau |

This version of Salvation was released by Elton John in 1972.

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I have to say my friends
This road goes a long, long way
And if we’re going to find the end
We’re gonna need a helping hand

I have to say my friends
We’re looking for a light ahead
In the distance a candle burns
Salvation keeps the hungry children fed

It’s gotta take a lot of salvation
What we need are willing hands
You must feel the sweat in your eyes
You must understand salvation

A chance to put the devil down
Without the fear of hell
Salvation spreads the gospel round
And free you from yourself


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Elton John has released many songs over the years besides Salvation. Elton John released songs from 1969 to 2004 spanning across albums like Empty Sky, Tumbleweed Connection, Elton John, Madman Across The Water, 11/17/2010, Honky Chateau, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only The Piano Player), Caribou, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, Rock Of The Westies, Blue Moves, A Single Man, Victim Of Love, 21 At 33, The Fox, Jump Up!, Too Low For Zero, Breaking Hearts, Ice On Fire, Leather Jackets, Reg Strikes Back, Sleeping With The Past, The One, Duets, Reg Dwight's Piano Goes Pop, Made In England, The Big Picture, One Night Only, Songs From The West Coast, and Peachtree Road. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Elton John.

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The lyrics to Salvation are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Elton John in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Salvation are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Elton John and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Salvation back when it was created.

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

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