Lyrics to
Spirit Slips Away

This version of Spirit Slips Away was released by Thin Lizzy in 1975.

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When the spirit slips away
There’s nothing you can do, there’s nothing you can say
May the angels be watching over you
When your spirit slips away

When the darkness starts to fall
You’re on your own and your back’s against the wall
May the angels bring their flame to you
When your spirit slips away

And when the music that makes you blue
Unfolds its secrets, the mysteries are told to you
May the angels sing rejoice to you
That fateful day when your spirit slips away

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About Lyrics and Spirit Slips Away by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics for Spirit Slips Away are defined as the words making up the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Spirit Slips Away have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Thin Lizzy and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Spirit Slips Away by Thin Lizzy if you think through it. 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 Spirit Slips Away" means the words set to the music of Spirit Slips Away, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. 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 Spirit Slips Away and the lyrics to Spirit Slips Away are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Spirit Slips Away, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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