Lyrics to
Pilgrim

This version of Pilgrim was released by Uriah Heep in 1973.

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A pilgrim at the grey of dawn
Leaving in the mist of morning
On his journey of goodness
Heaven sent, God blessed

Pilgrim laughing at the world
Spreading joy at the touch of his hand
Wiping out all the misery
Making love and history

Those of us who don’t know war
We shouldn’t try to make it
‘Cause so many did and even more died
Do you think you could take it

‘Cause Love lies waiting at our back door
Such a beautiful matter of fact
Life’s like an apple with love as the core
And I’ll tell you ’bout that

Just a man in my prime
Love was there but I had no time
I was cheered and adored
And I thought fame was all the world
Battles won and victory cheers
Were the sounds I’d heard for years
But the woman I really loved
Was losing me to all this blood I only knew I had to win
And build a world where I was king
But leaders come and leaders go
And that’s the truth I came to know
Love or war I could not choose
And so both I had to lose

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Uriah Heep has released many songs over the years besides Pilgrim. 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 Pilgrim by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Pilgrim are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Uriah Heep in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Pilgrim 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 Pilgrim back when it was created.

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

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