It's one of the best songs to put on in if your in the car with a bunch of friends and you can just blast it and everyone can sing to it. The lyrics of the song are inspired by violence and police brutality in America. The only lyrics I can remember are something along the lines of "over and over you said were through" and "something something never change" it also has a mild rock feel to it. The lyrics in Music for a While tells the story of how Alecto is calmed. The original key is C minor, here transposed down to A minor. Dryden was also the author of the libretto for King Arthur and The Indian Queen and he and Purcell made a strong musical/dramatic pairing. One of the song’s writers, singer and songwriter Renaldo “Obie” Benson of the Four Tops was inspired to come up with this song when he witnessed violence and police brutality while in Berkeley, California. The music is scored modestly, employing only alto, … The truth is told many years later - Oedipus' mother kills herself and Oedipus stabs out his eyes. There is a continuo realization for keyboard, and realizations for guitar and baroque guitar. View lyrics to your favorite songs, read meanings and explanations from our community, share your thoughts and feelings about the songs you love. "Music for a while shall all your cares beguile" is from Act III, Scene 1 of Oedipus, with incidental music by Purcell. Music for a While est une composition musicale du compositeur baroque anglais Henry Purcell, le second des quatre mouvements de la musique composée par lui en 1692 (Z 583) et destinée à la pièce de John Dryden et Nathaniel Lee, Oedipus [1]. The bass is unfigured in Orpheus. Keep me in your heart for a while If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less Keep me in your heart for a while When you get up in the mornin' and you see that crazy sun Keep me in your heart for a while There's a train leavin' nightly called "When All is Said and Done" Keep me in your heart for a while Keep me in your heart for a while ‘Music for a While’ is the second of four movements written as incidental music for John Dryden’s play based on the story of Sophocles’ Oedipus. I think thats the beauty of music and the interpretation of lyrics, people can apply it to their own lives. It is on page 126 of Book II of Orpheus Britannicus. Brad from Dallas Area, Tx This line, "while you see a chance, take it" was in the lyrics of a later song, Hearts On Fire from the album Roll With It. I think he wrote it to purposely mean 2 interpretations, an addiction to heroin and an addiction to a woman he loved and hurt and how one of those masked the other. Although i think this song has an underlying sad meaning of not being able to go back to the past, this song for some reason just gives me the happiest feeling. I've been looking everywhere in the web for the song based on the lyrics I can remember to no success. The "Musick for a while" is from the incidental music to Oedipus.