Lyrics to
Blind Eye

This version of Blind Eye was released by Uriah Heep in 1972.

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Stranger than the sunrise
Darker than the night
Fiercer than a rainstorm
This is man’s delight
This is man’s delight.

Weaker than a moment
And hot as any fire
Blinder than the blind eye
This is man’s desire
This is man’s desire.

I ran to a place in the open sea
Where I pledged my life to the sun
But when I woke up one day the sun
Had gone.

I ran to a place in the open sea
Where I pledged my whole life to the sun
It was good for a while, I could laugh, I could smile
But when I woke up one day the sun
Had gone.
Had gone had gone had gone had gone

So what of my meaning
What am I trying to say
What of my caution
…I’m a man anyway, I’m a man anyway
I’m a man anyway, I’m a man anyway
I’m a man anyway, I’m a man anyway.

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About Lyrics and Blind Eye by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Blind Eye are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Blind Eye have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Uriah Heep and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Blind Eye by Uriah Heep. 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 Blind Eye" means the words set to the music of Blind Eye, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. 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 Blind Eye and the lyrics to Blind Eye are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to Blind Eye, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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