Lyrics to
Sympathy

This version of Sympathy was released by Uriah Heep in 1977.

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Sympathy just doesn’t mean that much to me
Compassion is now compassion in my mind
And if you’re looking for a shoulder to cry on
Don’t turn your head my way
‘Cause I’d rather have my music in a day

You and I are master of our destiny
We look for consolation all the time
Till we find out things are not what they were meant to be oh no
And if it doesn’t suit our mood we’ll call it crime

Dedication is not an obligation
All I think about someone’s imagination
It’s the only way to say to live from day to day
To make each passing way a smile succession

Dreams are the possession of the simple man
Reality the fantasy of youth
When living is a problem that is common to us all
We love the only common road to truth

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

When you decide to study the lyrics to Sympathy, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Uriah Heep. Some of the lyrics to Sympathy 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 Sympathy 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 Sympathy" means the words set to the music of Sympathy, 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 Sympathy and the lyrics to Sympathy 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 Sympathy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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