Lyrics to
Yellow Raven

This version of Yellow Raven was released by Scorpions in 1976.

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The yellow raven sipped the air
Of thunder and of rain …
The yellow raven sipped the air
Gentle eyes kissing the rain …

Where do you go, fantastic dreambird?
Take me away to somewhere
Take me away from here!
Where do you go, fantastic dreambird?
Answer to my yearning
Take me away from here!

The firebird began to cry
When the music died away …
The firebird began to cry
And smoke was slowly drifting by …

Where do you go, fantastic dreambird?
Take me away to somewhere
Take me away from here!
Where do you go, fantastic dreambird?
Answer to my yearning
Take me away from here …

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About Lyrics and Yellow Raven by Scorpions

When you decide to study the lyrics to Yellow Raven, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Scorpions. Some of the lyrics to Yellow Raven have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Scorpions and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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