Lyrics to
Triad

This version of Triad was released by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby in 1971.

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I want to know how it will be
Me and her or you and me
You both sit there with your long hair flowing
Your eyes alive, your minds are still growing
Saying to me
What can we do now that we
Both love you, I love you too
But I don’t really see
Why can’t we go on as three

You are afraid, embarrased too
No one has ever said such a thing to you
Your mother’s ghost stands at your shoulder
Got a face like ice just a little bit colder
Saying to you
Can not do that it breaks all the rules
You learned in schools
But I don’t really see
Why can’t we go on as three

You know we love each other it’s plain to see
There’s just one answer comes to me
Sister lovers, some of you must know about water brothers
And in time maybe others
So you see what we can do
If we try something new, that is if you’re crazy too
And I don’t really see why can’t we go on as … three

Stills, Nash & Young Crosby has released many songs over the years besides Triad. Stills, Nash & Young Crosby released songs from 1970 to 1999 spanning across albums like Deja Vu, 4 Way Street, American Dream, and Looking Forward. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby.

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About Lyrics and Triad by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby

The lyrics for Triad are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Triad 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 Triad - Stills, Nash & Young Crosby 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 Triad by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby 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 Triad" means the words set to the music of Triad, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby. 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 Triad and the lyrics to Triad are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stills, Nash & Young Crosby who came here looking just for the lyrics to Triad, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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