Lyrics to
Visionary Mountains

This version of Visionary Mountains was released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1975.

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Visionary mountains
Above and afar
Like answers to questions
Of life, Love
Love and the longing to survive

Truth though distorted
Are words I create
Today the parting
Tonight, tonight
At the peak of your
Visionary mountains

Visionary mountains
Above and afar
Like answers to questions
Of life, Love

Visionary mountains

Visionary mountains
Above and afar
Like answers to questions
Of life, Love
Love and the longing to survive
Love and the longing to survive

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band has released many songs over the years besides Visionary Mountains. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released songs from 1972 to 2004 spanning across albums like Glorified Magnified, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Messin', Solar Fire, The Good Earth, Nightingales & Bombers, The Roaring Silence, Watch, Angel Station, Chance, Somewhere In Afrika, Criminal Tango, Masque, Soft Vengeance, and 2006. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

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About Lyrics and Visionary Mountains by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The lyrics to Visionary Mountains are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Visionary Mountains are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Visionary Mountains back when it was created.

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

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