Lyrics to
Dreams

This version of Dreams was released by Uriah Heep in 1974.

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You should have seen Tuesday’s dream, dancing in my head
For you’d have heard a thousand words that nobody had said
And you’d have watched me try to run where dreams have never strayed
Heard my cries because I knew I really was afraid

Dreams, dreams I’ll never keep
My body rests but my eyes refuse to sleep
Sights and sounds my mind created
Far beyond the thoughts of which we speak, c’mon

And then we danced on silver wings, upon a gilded thread
And heard the song the angel sings to bless my lowered head
And at the door of paradise my best laid plan begun
But as I turned to reach for you my coloured night it was gone

Dreams, dreams I’ll never keep
My body rests but my eyes refuse to sleep
Sights and sounds my mind created
Far beyond the thoughts of which we speak

And then we danced on silver wings upon a gilded thread
I heard the song the angels sings to bless my lowered head
I’m at the door of paradise my best laid plan begun
But as I turned to reach for you my coloured night it was gone

Dreams, dreams I’ll never keep
My body rests but my eyes refuse to sleep
Sights and sounds my mind created
Far beyond the thoughts of which we speak

Sweet, sweet freedom
Sweet, sweet freedom

Dreamer, dreamer
Sweet, sweet freedom

Dreamer, dreamer
Dreamer, dreamer

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About Lyrics and Dreams by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Dreams are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Uriah Heep in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Dreams are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Uriah Heep and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Dreams back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Dreams by Uriah Heep in a number of 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 Dreams" means the words set to the music of Dreams, 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 Dreams and the lyrics to Dreams 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 Dreams, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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