Lyrics to
See Yourself

This version of See Yourself was released by George Harrison in 1976.

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It’s easier to tell a lie than it is to tell the truth
It’s easier to kill a fly than it is to turn it loose
It’s easier to criticize somebody else
Than to see yourself

It’s easier to give a sigh and be like all the rest
Who stand around and crucify you while you do your best
It’s easier to see the books upon the shelf
Than to see yourself

It’s easier to hurt someone and make them cry
Than it is to dry their eyes
I got tired of fooling around with other people’s lies
Rather I’d find someone that’s true

It’s easier to say you won’t than it is to feel you can
It’s easier to drag your feet than it is to be a man
It’s easier to look at someone eles’s wealth
Than to see yourself

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About Lyrics and See Yourself by George Harrison

When you decide to study the lyrics to See Yourself, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by George Harrison. Some of the lyrics to See Yourself have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only George Harrison and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to See Yourself if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 See Yourself" means the words set to the music of See Yourself, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by George Harrison. 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 See Yourself and the lyrics to See Yourself are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of George Harrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to See Yourself, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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