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They Needed Each Other

This version of They Needed Each Other was released by Hall & Oates in 1972.

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They started as children and grew to be friends
He with his sculptor’s hands she with her needle
They went through some bitter times alone and together
They were lovers and friends, but friends more than
lovers
Sharing each other with their own private worlds

He knew that she needed him, he couldn’t come
He needed her, but she could not answer his needs

He sculpted he form only both of them knew
He yearned to finish before she would leave him forever
But before he was finished, she disappeared
And seized with sadness, he crumbled the statue to bits

Form and friend, gone forever
Both crumbled down to memory

He knew that she needed him, he couldn’t come
He needed her, but she could not answer his needs

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The lyrics for They Needed Each Other are defined as the words making up the song released by Hall & Oates in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to They Needed Each Other have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Hall & Oates 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 They Needed Each Other by Hall & Oates 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 They Needed Each Other" means the words set to the music of They Needed Each Other, 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 They Needed Each Other and the lyrics to They Needed Each Other 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 They Needed Each Other, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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