Lyrics to
Midnight

This version of Midnight was released by Uriah Heep in 1976.

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I just lay down wonderin’ what to lay down
Lately I can do it every day undisturbed
I think I know what but I can’t find out how
The morning didn’t show me what it was worth

Miles and miles of smiles, getting me nowhere
Opportunities I just can see
You can’t lead me to the slaughter ’cause I’ll already be there
I’ve been up that street and I know what’s waiting for me
Just waiting

Midnight – it was midnight
Moon bright – and the moon was bright
Day into day – it’s a day, it’s a day, it’s a day
No escape, I must stay – no escape until
Midnight, show me the way
Show me the way
Give me something to play
Something to play
To help me make a new day

Take me out of the darkness into the light
I’ve no friends to stand by me here in the night
It’s an affair of a sad and weary heart
Take me out of the darkness back to the start

I just lay down wonderin’ what to lay down
Lately I can do it every day undisturbed
I think I know what I just can’t find out how
The morning didn’t show me what it was worth

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About Lyrics and Midnight by Uriah Heep

The lyrics for Midnight are defined as the words making up the song released by Uriah Heep in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Midnight 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 Midnight 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 Midnight" means the words set to the music of Midnight, 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 Midnight and the lyrics to Midnight 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 Midnight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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