Lyrics to
Toys In The Attic

This version of Toys In The Attic was released by Aerosmith in 1975.

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in the attic
lights
voices scream
nothin’ seen
real’s the dream
leaving the things that are real behind
leaving the things that you love from mind
all of the things that you learned from fears
nothin’ is left for the years

toys, toys, toys
in the attic

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Toys In The Attic, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Aerosmith. Some of the lyrics to Toys In The Attic have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Aerosmith and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Toys In The Attic if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Toys In The Attic" means the words set to the music of Toys In The Attic, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Aerosmith. 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 Toys In The Attic and the lyrics to Toys In The Attic are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Aerosmith who came here looking just for the lyrics to Toys In The Attic, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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