Lyrics to
Here Am I

This version of Here Am I was released by Uriah Heep in 1971.

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I sit in my sunny chair
With my head held low
I know the reason I’m dreaming
It’s really been fun
But where is there left to go
Save to give my life a new meaning

And if by chance
You’d come my way
I’ll have to say
Here am I, give me love
Here am I, give me love

How was I to know
Your heart was unsatisfied
When you never troubled to tell me
No wish that you made to me
Ever was denied
I played it just the way
That it should be

But then you turned
And walked away
I have to say
Here am I, give me love
Here am I, give me love

Here am I, give me love

I imagine I must sit here
Till the winter comes
And just watch the days
Growing shorter
To gather in dust won’t go
Till my thinking’s done
And I walk from this troubled water

By then my need won’t be so bad
And I’ll gladly say
Here am I, give me love
Here am I, give me love…

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Uriah Heep has released many songs over the years besides Here Am I. Uriah Heep released songs from 1970 to 1998 spanning across albums like Very 'eavy... Very 'umble, Salisbury, Look At Yourself, Demons And Wizards, The Magician's Birthday, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, High And Mighty, Firefly, Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel, Conquest, Abominog, Head First, Equator, Raging Silence, Different World, Sea Of Light, and Sonic Origami. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Uriah Heep.

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About Lyrics and Here Am I by Uriah Heep

When you decide to study the lyrics to Here Am I, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Uriah Heep. Some of the lyrics to Here Am I have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Uriah Heep and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Here Am I if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Here Am I" means the words set to the music of Here Am I, 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 Here Am I and the lyrics to Here Am I 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 Here Am I, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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