Lyrics to
The Meaning

This version of The Meaning was released by Supertramp in 1975.

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Just look at the comfort that you call your home,
Just kidding yourself that you’re never alone;
Well, maybe there’s something, just one thing, you shouldn’t have said,
So, you better beware.
And, you better get, and you better get, light in your head
And, you better get, and you better get, peace in your head.
If you wanna get, if you wanna get high.

You’re watching the movie go blistering by
Just look at the sadness, I wish I could die;
Well, maybe there’s something, just one thing, that I should have said.
Well, it better be said.

Has the record been, has the record been holding your heart,
It’s beginning to, it’s beginning to squeeze you apart.
Don’t you wanna get, don’t you wanna get high.

You’re holding the world in the palm of your hand,
Watch’ya tellin’ your children you don’t understand

If you know what the meaning is
Meaning is

Oh-oh so you better beware,
So you better get, so you better get light in your head,
So you better get, so you better get peace in your bed;
Don’t you wanna get, don’t you wanna get high

Just look at the madness that glows in your eyes,
Don’t you frighten the children, who’ll steal your disguise,
If you know what the meaning is
If you know what the answer is
If you know what the meaning is

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

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to The Meaning by Supertramp 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 The Meaning" means the words set to the music of The Meaning, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Supertramp. 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 Meaning and the lyrics to The Meaning are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Supertramp who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Meaning, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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