Τρίτη 7 Απριλίου 2026

Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - P, Q

 
Words of Hellenic (Greek) origin in popular, successful or favorite international songs.


P, Q



Lyrics: But in and outside I turn to water Like a teardrop In your palm

Lyrics: You gave me something, I understand You gave me loving in the palm of my hand

Lyrics: had it in the palm of my hand When I think to myself how I lie Had it in the palm of my hand Seems there's always some kind of surprise




Lyrics: 'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin' And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion And all the pandemonium and all the madness There comes a time where you fade to the blackness

Lyrics: Sarcastic reaper skeleton speaker Pure pandemonium




Lyrics: Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in

Lyrics: I'm going deeper underground There's too much panic in this town

Lyrics: Crime is (Woo!) increasing Trigger happy policing Panic is spreading God knows where we're heading



Under Construction



Panic - THE SMITHS

Paranoid Android - RADIOHEAD

Red Alert - BASEMENT JAXX            
Lyrics: don’t panic

Saviour Man - FLASH & THE PAN



panorama

Clint Eastwood - GORILLAZ   
Lyrics: panoramic view

Goodbye To The Village - KILLING JOKE (1986)
Lyrics: Around the strangers moved, the shouts I felt within New panoramas seen (I loved it as it was)

Me & My Monkey - ROBBIE WILLIAMS    
Lyrics: panoramic view



pantheon

I Am - ARMY OF LOVERS (1993)
Lyrics: Entering the ballrooms The clocks come to a still The multimillionaires I thrill Headline of the columns My duellantes I kill The pantheon obeys my will



panther

Rebel Without A Pause - PUBLIC ENEMY



pantomime

The Great Beyond - REM (1999)
Lyrics: In all this talk of time, talk is fine But I don't want to stay around Why can't we pantomime Just close our eyes and sleep sweet dreams Me and you with wings on our feet

Lady Lady Lady - JOE ESPOSITO (OST Flashdance, 1983)
Lyrics: Dancing behind masks Just subtle pantomime

Stolen Moments - MARK MURPHY (1978)
Lyrics: Those beards, dear Watch the pantomime



paradox

Burning heart-SURVIVOR  
it’s the paradox that drives us all



paragraph

Parisiene walkways-GARY MOORE    
I could write you paragraphs



parallel

There’s nothing like this-OMAR   
there’s no parallel for we two



paralyzed

Cross My Heart - EIGHTH WONDER   
I’m paralysed

I Need Love - LL COOL J

Thriller - MICHAEL JACKSON



paramedic

Bad Medicine - BON JOVI   
there ain’t no paramedic



paranoid

Check the meaning-RICHARD ASHCROFT (2002)    
paranoia

Girls & Boys-BLUR      
love in the 90’s is paranoid

Paranoid - BLACK SABBATH

Paranoimia - THE ART OF NOISE
paranoia+insomnia

Somebody’s Watching Me - ROCKWELL

Stop The Rock - APOLLO 440      
paranoia



parasite

For America-RED BOX   ...we’re satellites you’re parasites...



pathetic

I remember that-PREFAB SPROUT (G&L)   ..nothing pathetic..



pathos

King of rock’n’roll-PREFAB SPROUT   all the pathos you can keep for the children in the street



patriot

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It - REM        
Lyrics: Dummy with the raptured and the revered and the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched

War Dance - XTC      
a patriotic romance



pause

Rebel Without A Pause - PUBLIC ENEMY

Twist In My Sobriety - TANITA TIKARAM



pedal

What You Waiting For - GWEN STEFANI



phantom

The Painted Moon - THE SILENCERS
Lyrics: Coming to the rescue Angels from another world Love is here to stay So the angels say Running to the rescue Angels flying up above Phantoms in the bay While the natives pray To the painted moon



pharmacopoeia

Boom! There she was-SCRITTI POLITTI



phase

Condition Of The Heart - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
my friends all say it’s just a phase

Constant Craving - K. D. LANG  
even through the darkest phase

Dance Hall Days - WANG CHUNG  
we were so in phase

I’m Not In Love - 10cc  
it’s just the silly phase I’m going through

Just Like You - ROXY MUSIC  
all phases of moon



phenomenon

Phenomenon - LL COOL J

We Call It Acieeed - D-MOB
acieeed the musical phenomenon



philosophy

Closer To Fine - INDIGO GIRLS
Lyrics: And I went to see the doctor of philosophy With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee

In The Summertime - MUNGO JERRY

Our Last Summer - ABBA      
Lyrics: philosophy and I

Sho’ You Right - BARRY WHITE   
Lyrics: baby I’m relating to your philosophies

Stay The Night - CHICAGO    
Lyrics: at least that’s my philosophy
 
What I Am - EDIE BRICKEL & THE NEW BOHEMIANS



phobia, phobic

Fear Of The Dark - IRON MAIDEN
Lyrics: I have a phobia that someone's always there

Lyrics: Avoiding conflict hypertension Non-phobic word aerobic



phoenix

A View To A Kill - DURAN DURAN



phonograph

Pretzel Logic - STEELY DAN



photograph

Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) - NINE DAYS (2000)
Lyrics: This is the story of a girl Who cried a river and drowned the whole world And while she looks so sad in photographs I absolutely love her

Angelia - RICHARD MARX        
Lyrics: nothin’ but a photograph

Change - TEARS FOR FEARS

City Of Blinding Lights - U2 (2004)
Lyrics: Don't look before you laugh Look ugly in a photograph Flash bulbs, purple irises The camera can't see

Dear John - LOVE & MONEY    
I’ll carry a photograph of you

Grace - SUPERGRASS     
so we captured you in a photograph

(I Don’t Wanna Go To) Chelsea - ELVIS COSTELLO  (1978)
LyricsPhotographs of fancy tricks To get your kicks at sixty-six

If We Never Meet Again - TOMMY CONWELL & THE YOUNG RUMBLERS

The Kids Are on High Street - MADRUGADA (2005)
Lyrics: They take your photograph You come into existence You realize it's your path In this very instant

Michael Caine - MADNESS     
a photograph to keep

My Funny Valentine - ELVIS COSTELLO   
unphotographable

The Other Side - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS

Paint A Vulgar Picture - THE SMITHS     

Parisiene Walkways - GARY MOORE

Real Gone Kid - DEACON BLUE    
it scattered all the photographs

Remembering The First Time - SIMPLY RED

So Emotional - WHITNEY HOUSTON  
I keep your photograph beside my bed

Stop Loving You - TOTO (1988)
I can almost hear a laugh Coming from your photograph Funny how a look can share a thousand meanings

La Solitudine - LAURA PAUSINI

Wishing - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS   
if I had a photograph of you



phrase

Eye know-DE LA SOUL          ...of phrase I’m right up to bat...

New moon on Monday-DURAN DURAN



physic(al)

Glam Slam - PRINCE    
Lyrics: it seems to transcend the physical
 
I Feel For You - CHAKA KHAN   
Lyrics: it’s mainly a physical thing

King In A Catholic Style - CHINA CRISIS  
Lyrics: physical in every way

Lola - THE KINKS

Sho’ You Right - BARRY WHITE    
Lyrics: girl we got to get physical to get off

So Many Men, So Little Time - MIQUEL BROWN (1983)
Lyrics: Feels like heaven every night Being here with someone new A physical thrill, a beautiful smile And wonderful muscles, too

Something Beautiful - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Lyrics: You can't manufacture a miracle The silence was pitiful that day And love is getting too cynical Passion's just physical these days

Tomb Of Memories - PAUL YOUNG
Lyrics:



Pilot - THE NOTWIST (LP Neon Golden2002)
Lyrics: Could be enough If only he's the pilot Once a day

Lyrics: He took a top-gun pilot and he— He made him fly through a hole



pirate

That's Life - FRANK SINATRA



planet

A Spaceman Came Travelling - CHRIS De BURGH   
I come from a planet a long way from here

The Great Beyond - REM

I Didn't Know I Was... - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
Lyrics: And now the planets circle around you

Planet Earth - DURAN DURAN



pneumonia

I’ll Never Fall In Love Again - BOBBIE GENTRY, D. WARWICK, DEACON BLUE

Lost Weekend - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS  
double pneumonia

Roll Over Beethoven - CHUCK BERRY



poem, poet, poetry


Songs about poems

Blue Jean - DAVID BOWIE (1984)
Lyrics: I'm gonna write a poem in a letter

Can I Kick It? - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (1990)
Lyrics: right now, Phife is a poem sayer

Incomplete - ALANIS MORISSETTE (2008)
Lyrics: I'll be less afraid &  measured outside of my poems

Jungle Love - STEVE MILLER BAND (1977)
Lyrics: I thought I would write you a poem)

Poem Without Words - ANNE CLARK (1987)
instrumental)

This Picture - PLACEBO (2003)
Lyrics: I wrote a poem that described her world)


Songs about poets

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall - BOB DYLAN (1963)
Lyrics: I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter)

A Special Kind Of Man - ROGER WHITTAKER (1971)
Lyrics: My brother was a poet And a very special kind of man)

Atlantis - DONOVAN (1968)
Lyrics: he poet, the physician, the farmer)

Baby I'm Yours - BARBARA LEWIS (1965)
Lyrics: I'll be yours until the sun no longer shines Yours until the poets run out of rhyme In other words, until the end of time

LyricsPoets, priests, and politicians Have words to thank for their positions

Do You Believe In Shame - DURAN DURAN (1988 / And did you have to change All your poet's fire into frozen dust?)

Edge Of Seventeen - STEVIE NICKS (1981 / with the words of a poet)

Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - RUPERT HOLMES (1979 / though I'm nobody's poet)

The Fly - U2 (1991 / every poet is a thief)

Give It Away - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (1991 / Bob Marley, poet & a prophet)

Homeward Bound - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1966 / I'm sittin' in the railway station Got a ticket for my destination, mmm On a tour of one night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned For a poet and a one man band)

Ice Ice Baby - VANILLA ICE (1990 / I'm a lyrical poet)

Imitation Of Life - REM (2001 / water hyakinth, named by a poet)

In These Arms - BON JOVI (1992 / like a poet needs the pain)

Lay Your Hands On Me - BON JOVI (1989 / I'm a fighter, I'm a poet, I'm a preacher)

Marrakesh Night Market - LOREENA McKENNITT (1994 / the poets of drummimg)

One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) - FRED ASTAIRE (1943), FRANK SINATRA (1947 / I'm a kind of poet)

Sara - FLEETWOOD MAC (1979 / Sara you're the poet in my heart)

Sweet Jane - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (1970 / all the poets, they studie rules of verse)

Talking Back To The Night - STEVE WINWOOD (1982 / A poet in his madness)

Telegram Sam - T-REX (1972 / he's a natural born poet)

That’s Life - FRANK SINATRA (1966 / I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king)

Use Somebody - KINGS OF LEON (2008 / Wagin' wars to shape the poet and the beat)


Songs about poetry, poesia

Charlotte Street - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1984 / I don't need your sympathy I won’t read your poetry, oh sweetness please)

Closer Than Close - BEE GEES (1997 / poetry in motion)

Diamonds & Rust - JOAN BAEZ (1975 / my poetry was lousy, you said)

I Am A Rock - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1966 / I have my books & my poetry to protect me)

(I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (1991 / others a re works of inspiration, of poetry)

Kick It In - SIMPLE MINDS (1989 / Love gives me poetry Stays up all night and puts a curse on me)

La Tortura - SHAKIRA feat ALEJANDRO SANZ (2005 / Hey baby, save the poetry)

My Bag - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (1987 / my head's swimming with poetry & prose)

Poetry In Motion - JOHNNY TILLOTSON (1960)

Shame - EURYTHMICS (1987 / You with yer mother's pride and poetry "Don't you want to feel the shame?")

She Blinded Me With Science - THOMAS DOLBY (1982 / poetry in motion)

Ti Sento - MATIA BAZAR (1985 / Che mi resta di te Della mia poesia? Mentre l'ombra del sonno Lenta scivola via)



pole

This Is England - THE CLASH
Lyrics: Time on his hands the freezing mohawk strolls He won't go for the carrots Been beaten by the pole Some sunny day confronted by his soul



police

Girls & Boys - BLUR      
Lyrics: Streets like a jungle so call the police

Rubber Bullets - 10cc (1973)
Lyrics: Well the band were playing and the booze began to flow But the sound came over on the police car radio Down at Precinct 49 Having a tear-gas of a time

Suburbia - PET SHOP BOYS   
Lyrics: in the distance a police car

West End Girls - PET SHOP BOYS   
Lyrics: call the police



policeman

Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA    
I want to be a policeman

Suburbia - PET SHOP BOYS   
where’s a policeman when you need one



politician, political

Always The Sun - THE STRANGLERS  
it’s not unlike politicians

The Beat(en) Generation-THE THE  
by the greedy hands of politics

Lyrics: Poets, priests, and politicians Have words to thank for their positions

Drop the boy-BROS      
I’d like to be in politics

LyricsPoliticians argue sharpening their knives Drawing up their bargains, trading baby lives

Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA 
political publicity stund

Hooverville - CHRISTIANS 
oh Mr. Politician open up your eyes

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - STING
Lyrics: You would say I lost my belief in our politicians They all seem like game show hosts to me

Motorcycle Emptiness - MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Lyrics: Your joys are counterfeit This happiness, corrupt political shit

One Better World - ABC   
politicians preaching on TV

Our Last Summer - ABBA   
you talked of politics (philosophy)

The Politics Of Dancing - RE-FLEX (1983)
Lyrics

Russians - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles1985)
Lyrics: How can I save my little boy From Oppenheimer's deadly toy? There is no monopoly of common sense On either side of the political fence

Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - EURYTHMICS (doctors, lawyers)

Sowing The Seeds Of Love - TEARS FOR FEARS  
politician granny

Time After Time - BELOVED     
politics & romance

Up On The Catwalk - SIMPLE MINDS (1984)
Lyrics: Up on the catwalk there's street politicians That crawl in from Broadway, say "Then who are you?"

Working with fire & steel-CHINA CRISIS   
I couldn’t think political blue



porno

Fight For Your Right - BEASTIE BOYS   
your mom threw away your best porno mag



pornography

I want your sex-GEORGE MICHAEL    
what do you call pornography

No clause 28-BOY GEORGE       
to show pornography the door

Pornography - THE CURE (1982)
Lyrics: 



practical

Coffee & TV-BLUR      
practically floored

Hey DJ-THE BEATMASTERS feat. Betty Boo    
practice

The logical song-SUPERTRAMP

The puppet-ECHO & THE B.    
practice



problem

Appetite-PREFAB SPROUT    
here she is with two small problems

Bizarre love triangle-NEW ORDER  
it’s no problem of mine

Confide in me-KYLIE MINOGUE

Downtown-PETULA CLARK      
let your problems surround you
 
Every time you go away-PAUL YOUNG  
If we can’t solve any problems

Farfalina-LUCA CARBONI

Fast car-T. CHAPMAN     
my old man’s got a problem

Fight for ourselves-SPANDAU BALLET  
so many problems

Free-CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT   
problems we can share

I don’t think...alone-RAY PARKER Jr.   
I admit I’ve got a problem

Land of confusion-GENESIS     
making too many problems

Live together-LISA STANSFIELD 
we’ve got to solve the problem

Lovefool - THE CARDIGANS

Love will save the day-W. HOUSTON 
your problems are too deep

Loving the alien-D. BOWIE   
Palestine a modern problem

Masterpiece-GAZEBO

Mr. Roboto - STYX (LP Kilroy Was Here1983)
Lyrics: I'm not a robot without emotions, I'm not what you see I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free

Never can say goodbye-COMMUNARDS

People hold on-COLDCUT   
nobody’s solving the problem

Perfect Day - LOU REED 

Play That Funky Music - WILD CHERRY

Running Up That Hill - KATE BUSH

Spinning Wheel - BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS

Superwoman - KARYN WHITE        
I’m convinced I know the problem

The Things We Do For Love - 10cc (1977)
Lyrics: Communication is the problem to the answer 

You Keep It All In - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH   
you know your problem

Disappear - INXS       
all the problems

Fall On Me - REM      
There’s a problem

I Can’t Escape Myself - SOUND   
all my problems are larger than life



program

I.G.Y. - DON FAGEN



prophet

Can I Play With Madness - IRON MAIDEN   
the prophet stared at his crystal ball

China In Your Hand - T’PAU    
a prophecy for a fantasy

E=mc2 - BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE     
Lyrics: Ritual ideas, relativity Holy buildings, no people prophecy Time slide, place to hide, nudge reality

One Of Us - JOAN OSBOURNE

Sound Of Silence - SIMON & GARFUNKEL  
the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

Small Talk - SCRITTI POLITTI    
we’re tired of prophesying



protein

Space Oddity - DAVID BOWIE    
protein pills



protocol

Lyrics: I load lead inside my engine Lead and alcohol On the radio depending I sign the protocol

Lyrics: Old men with their protocol Lead us off to war Sometimes we don't even know What we're fighting for Marching to the beat of their drum



prototype

Here We Go - STAKKA BO



psyche

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It - REM        
Lyrics: Dummy with the raptured and the revered and the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched

Pressure-BILLY JOEL      
psyche 1, psyche 2



psychedelic

Eyes Without A Face - BILLY IDOL



psychiatrist

19 - PAUL HARDCASTLE



psycho, psychotic

Be - LENNY KRAVITZ (LP Let love rule-1990)  
psychotic

Love missile F1-11-SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK 
psycho maniac

Somebody’s watching me-ROCKWELL



psychological

Drama! - ERASURE  
just one psychological drama after anothe
 
Word Up - CAMEO   
no time for psychological romance



pylon

Goodbye To The Village - KILLING JOKE (1986)
Lyrics: Forests of pylons built, the scaffolding is raised And how the men pursue their work They act convinced of freedom



pyramid

Nights Over Egypt - THE JONES GIRLS (1981)
Lyrics: There's a star in the east Over pyramids at Giza



pyre (πυρ / fire)

Mothers talk-TEARS FOR FEARS    
funeral pyre


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