Lyrics to
Survival Of The Fittest

This version of Survival Of The Fittest was released by The Hollies in 1970.

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Give her a hand ‘cos she gave a good show
Her makeup was right for the occasion
She did what she had to do, she said what she had to say
She played her part to perfection

She’s so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
She’s so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
Acclaim’s not the same
Such a shame

The star of the show she was true to herself
And everything went as reported
Rumours about herself came along
That’s when it all got distorted

What a good show she gave
Happy to go on the stage
Was she to know it would change
Can she go on feeling strange

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The lyrics to Survival Of The Fittest are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Hollies used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Survival Of The Fittest have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Hollies 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 Survival Of The Fittest by The Hollies. 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 Survival Of The Fittest" means the words set to the music of Survival Of The Fittest, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Survival Of The Fittest and the lyrics to Survival Of The Fittest are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Survival Of The Fittest, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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