Lyrics to
Your Own Special Way

This version of Your Own Special Way was released by Genesis in 1976.

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Go far enough and you will reach,
A place where the sea runs underneath.
We’ll see our shadow, high in the sky,
Dying away in the night.

I’ve sailed the world for seven years,
And left all I love behind in tears.
Oh, won’t you come here, wherever you are,
I’ve been all alone long enough.

You, you have your own special way,
Of holding my hand keep it way ‘bove the water,
Don’t ever let go – Oh no, no, no.

You, you have your own special way,
Of turning the world so it’s facing
The way that I’m going. Don’t ever
Don’t ever stop.

Whose seen the wind not you or I,
But when the ship moves she’s passing by.
Between you and me I really don’t think,
She knows where she’s going at all.

You, you have your own special way,
Of carrying me twice round the world
Never closer to home than the day,
The day I started.

You, you have your own special way,
Hold onto my hand keep it way ‘bove the water,
Don’t ever let go no, no, no.

What mean the dreams night after night.
The man in the moon’s a blinding light.
Won’t you come out whoever you are,
You’ve followed me quiet long enough.

You, you have your own special way,
Of holding my hand, Don’t ever let go.
You, you have your own special way,
Of turning the world so it’s facing
The way that I’m going, Don’t ever,
Don’t ever leave me.

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About Lyrics and Your Own Special Way by Genesis

The lyrics for Your Own Special Way are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Genesis. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Your Own Special Way 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 Your Own Special Way - Genesis 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 Your Own Special Way by Genesis 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 Your Own Special Way" means the words set to the music of Your Own Special Way, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Genesis. 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 Your Own Special Way and the lyrics to Your Own Special Way are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Genesis who came here looking just for the lyrics to Your Own Special Way, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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