Lyrics to
Waterfall

This version of Waterfall was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1975.

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So now it’s getting late, for thse who hesitate, got no one,
But they don’t understand and no one hears the sound,
It’s like a waterfall, it’s an illusion.

Love is all, waterfall, love is what you are,
Pulls you in, takes you down, it’s a sad affair,
But you know as you hold back the power there without the friends
And lovers you could never go on living.

Across the waterfall that’s falling evermore down on you,
Cascading through the days, and flowing on it’s way,
That’s how it has to be, just an illusion.

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About Lyrics and Waterfall by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

When you decide to study the lyrics to Waterfall, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). Some of the lyrics to Waterfall have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Waterfall 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 Waterfall" means the words set to the music of Waterfall, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 Waterfall and the lyrics to Waterfall are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Waterfall, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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