Lyrics to
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives

This version of The Happiest Days Of Our Lives was released by Pink Floyd in 1979.

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When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children any way they could
By pouring their derision
Upon anything we did
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
But in the town it was well known
When they got home at night, their fat and
Psychopathic wives would thrash them
Within inches of their lives

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The lyrics for The Happiest Days Of Our Lives are defined as the words making up the song released by Pink Floyd in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Happiest Days Of Our Lives have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Pink Floyd 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 The Happiest Days Of Our Lives by Pink Floyd 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 The Happiest Days Of Our Lives" means the words set to the music of The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Pink Floyd. 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 Happiest Days Of Our Lives and the lyrics to The Happiest Days Of Our Lives are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Pink Floyd who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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