Lyrics to
Suicide

This version of Suicide was released by Thin Lizzy in 1975.

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The paper called it suicide
A bullet from a forty-five
Nobody cared and nobody cried
Don’t that make you feel sad?

Peter Brent combed his hair
And sent for the police
Policeman came, took Peter’s name
God, may he rest in peace

No one saw the note beside the body
No one knew the problems
But my God
Suicide

The body remains unidentified
Forgotten in a file
Like the letter that was blown aside
Don’t that make you want to smile?

No one was really satisfied
About number eighty-one
The autopsy proved that Peter lied
But they never could find the gun

No one saw the note beside the body
No one knew the problems
But my God
Suicide

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The lyrics to Suicide are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Suicide are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Thin Lizzy and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Suicide back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Suicide by Thin Lizzy 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 Suicide" means the words set to the music of Suicide, 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 Suicide and the lyrics to Suicide 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 Suicide, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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