Lyrics to
Stand Behind Me

This version of Stand Behind Me was released by Carole King in 1972.

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I was wanting someone to talk to
Needing to let myself out
Knowing beyond a doubt the past is behind me

There was nowhere but here to walk to
Letting the time go by
Trying to see if I could ever find me

It didn’t seem to make much sense
Thinking about the dent I’d made in the world to date
Was I too late, you say
Should I create today
Or let it be

Now needing a hand to cling to
Lucky I was to find
Someone of similar mind to stand behind me
Not letting dazzlement blind me
Showing me where to find me
Willing to just be kind and stand behind me

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides Stand Behind Me. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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About Lyrics and Stand Behind Me by Carole King

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

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

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