Lyrics to
Winter Retreat

This version of Winter Retreat was released by Judas Priest in 1974.

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Now winter wind fades from my face
My heart will no longer race
Sun smiling down from the sky
Melts away ice from my eye
Warmth eases back to my soul
Bitterness shrugs then it goes

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About Lyrics and Winter Retreat by Judas Priest

The lyrics for Winter Retreat are defined as the words making up the song released by Judas Priest in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Winter Retreat have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Judas Priest 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 Winter Retreat by Judas Priest 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 Winter Retreat" means the words set to the music of Winter Retreat, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Judas Priest. 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 Winter Retreat and the lyrics to Winter Retreat are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Judas Priest who came here looking just for the lyrics to Winter Retreat, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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