Lyrics to
Screams

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

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Screams in the night, sirens delight
Heat, broken glass, Satan’s bred trash

Big city madness, comfort my soul
Give me a home where I can grow
String of bright lights running up to the sky
Throughout the hot night, the cars racing by
You know they all see, but most of them pass
She drives by my wares, don’t hide in your glass wheel

Screams in the night, sirens delight
Heat, broken glass, Satan’s bred trash

Big city madness, comfort my soul
Give me a home where I can grow
Sounds of guitars fill up the night
Can’t make me feel, I said its alright
In one hotel bed, you think you can grow
If you find a home, please let me know

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About Lyrics and Screams by Blue Oyster Cult

The lyrics to Screams are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Blue Oyster Cult used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Screams 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 Screams 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 Screams" means the words set to the music of Screams, 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 Screams and the lyrics to Screams 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 Screams, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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