Lyrics to Silent Eyes - Decade Lyrics

This version of Silent Eyes was released by Paul Simon in 1975.

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Silent Eyes
Watching
Jerusalem
Make her bed of stones

Silent Eyes
No one will comfort her
Jerusalem
Weeps alone

She is sorrow
Sorrow
She burns like aflame
And she calls my name

Silent Eyes
Burning
In the desert sun
Halfway to Jerusalem
And we shall all be called as witnesses
Each and every one
To stand before the eyes of God
And speak what was done

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About Lyrics and Silent Eyes by Paul Simon

The lyrics to Silent Eyes are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Paul Simon used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Silent Eyes have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Paul Simon 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 Silent Eyes by Paul Simon. 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 Silent Eyes" means the words set to the music of Silent Eyes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Paul Simon. 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 Silent Eyes and the lyrics to Silent Eyes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Paul Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Silent Eyes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.