Lyrics to
The Emptyness

This version of The Emptyness was released by Hall & Oates in 1977.

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I spent last night trying to write to you
But the words wouldn’t come,
I couldn’t go on
And the telephone won’t do

I’m sick and tired of hearing
“You’re never home”
Yet I’m sick in the head and the hotel
beds don’t feel right
Though I hope it doesn’t show
I feel a hollow down below
And there’s nothing, nothing for me to say

I feel The Emptyness inside me
The Emptyness inside me
I have this feeling and I’ve got to get back
This feeling that I’ve got to get back to you

There’s no one else
There’s nothing else
There’s no one else
I hear myself saying again and again….
Even if it doesn’t show
I feel a hollow down below
And there’s nothing, nothing for me to say

I feel The Emptyness inside me
I hope it doesn’t show
The Emptyness inside me
Like a hollow down below
I have this feeling and I’ve got
to get back
This feeling that I’ve got to get back to you
I feel nothing but The Emptyness

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About Lyrics and The Emptyness by Hall & Oates

The lyrics for The Emptyness are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Hall & Oates. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Emptyness have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for The Emptyness - Hall & Oates and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to The Emptyness by Hall & Oates in multiple 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 The Emptyness" means the words set to the music of The Emptyness, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. 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 The Emptyness and the lyrics to The Emptyness are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Emptyness, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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