Lyrics to
Crystal Ball

This version of Crystal Ball was released by Uriah Heep in 1972.

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Do we live our lives in moderation?
Does this appear when you’re around?
And the deeper in debt
The harder the bet
Your thoughts are one of a clown

Look out before you sign
Your soul away
The crystal ball, it seems
Is not reading to – reading today

Does the time seem right
For some rethinking?
It seems a gift that you have
Are you living a dream
Of express progress?
It’s just a thought that you have

Oh, you should’ve know better
When the warning light was lit
As it did for others
You preach a sermon
When you talk of the Messiah
We are yet to discover

Thinkin’, lovin’, feelin’
But disbelievin’ …

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About Lyrics and Crystal Ball by Uriah Heep

The lyrics for Crystal Ball are defined as the words making up the song released by Uriah Heep in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Crystal Ball have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Uriah Heep and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Crystal Ball by Uriah Heep if you think through it. 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 Crystal Ball" means the words set to the music of Crystal Ball, 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 Crystal Ball and the lyrics to Crystal Ball 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 Crystal Ball, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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