Lyrics to
Stone Dead Forever

This version of Stone Dead Forever was released by Motorhead in 1979.

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You think you see me, in the glass
You think you hear me, you better listen fast,
I think I see you, gone to seed,
The only reasons, were your guilt and greed,
You’re out there on your own,
Your face turned to stone,
Whatever happened to your life?
Stone Dead Forever

It’s been a long time, been a long long wait,
And you’ve caught your fingers, in the Pearly Gates,
You’d better leave your number, and we’ll call you,
You know your problems, ain’t exactly new,
The wrong side of the fold,
Your touch has turned to gold,
Whatever happened to your life?
Stone Dead Forever

You’re a financial wizard, a top tycoon,
A sweet lounge lizard, with a silver spoon,
You know you never had it, quite so good,
‘Cos you didn’t know, that you even could,
But the time has come to pay,
Turns out to have been a play,
Whatever happened to your life?
Stone Dead Forever

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About Lyrics and Stone Dead Forever by Motorhead

The lyrics to Stone Dead Forever are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Motorhead used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Stone Dead Forever have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Motorhead 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 Stone Dead Forever by Motorhead. 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 Stone Dead Forever" means the words set to the music of Stone Dead Forever, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Motorhead. 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 Stone Dead Forever and the lyrics to Stone Dead Forever are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Motorhead who came here looking just for the lyrics to Stone Dead Forever, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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