Lyrics to
Taboo

This version of Taboo was released by Santana in 1971.

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I lay not sleeping
Don’t know what to do
Lay out in waiting
Lord for the noon

Pass so slowly
Time without you
I can’t see why
My open eyes can’t see

So much to look by
So many things to be
Can’t keep looking
In and out of me
She looks at nothing
Someone you all have seen
She never cried
As I watched her leave

Try to help me
Find the change in me
Oh, oh, oh

Try to help me
Find the change in me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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About Lyrics and Taboo by Santana

The lyrics for Taboo are defined as the words making up the song released by Santana in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Taboo have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Santana and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Taboo by Santana if you think through it. 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 Taboo" means the words set to the music of Taboo, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Santana. 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 Taboo and the lyrics to Taboo are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Santana who came here looking just for the lyrics to Taboo, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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