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Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf

This version of Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf was released by Uriah Heep in 1972.

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Stand up and fight
Or you’ll lose your right
You gotta stand in a line
Fightin’ hard to hold on to your mind

Seek and you’ll find
Proud words on a dusty shelf
Find and you’ll seek
Keep on keep on helping yourself

When the wind of troubles comes
Put away all battle drums
And stand up and fight
Stand up and fight
Don’t stand in a line
Hold on to your mind

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About Lyrics and Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Uriah Heep and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf by Uriah Heep. 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 Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf" means the words set to the music of Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf, 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 Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf and the lyrics to Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf 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 Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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