Lyrics to
Sub-Mission

This version of Sub-Mission was released by Sex Pistols in 1977.

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I’m on a submarine mission for you baby
I feel the way you were going
I picked you up on my tv screen
I feel your undercurrent flowing

Submission going down down
Dragging me down submission
I can’t tell ya what I’ve found

You’ve got me pretty deep baby
I can’t figure out your watery love
I gotta solve your mystery
You’re sitting it out in heaven above

Submission going down down
Dragging me down submission
I can’t tell you what I’ve found
For there’s a mystery
Under the sea in the water
Come and share it

Submission going down down
Dragging me down submission
I can’t tell ya what I’ve found
‘Cause it’s a secret
Under the water in the sea
Octopus Rock

Got me pretty deep baby
I can’t figure out your watery love
I gotta solve your mystery
You’re sitting it out in heaven above

Submission going down down
Dragging me down submission
I can’t tell ya what I’ve found

Submission Submission
Going down down under the sea
I wanna drown drown under the water
Going down down under the sea

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About Lyrics and Sub-Mission by Sex Pistols

The lyrics to Sub-Mission are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Sex Pistols used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Sub-Mission have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Sex Pistols 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 Sub-Mission by Sex Pistols. 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 Sub-Mission" means the words set to the music of Sub-Mission, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Sex Pistols. 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 Sub-Mission and the lyrics to Sub-Mission are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Sex Pistols who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sub-Mission, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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