Lyrics to
Tales

This version of Tales was released by Uriah Heep in 1972.

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We told our tales as we sat under
Morning’s sleepy sky
With all the colours of the sunrise
Shining in our eyes.

One, then another, with a story of yesterday’s lives
Or of a lover who had gone in a
Moment of strife.

No thought of sleep ever dwells upon
The wise man’s mind
Some task or audience stealing every
Moment of his time.

Thus we have learned to live
While mortal men stand waiting to die.
How can we do what must be done in
Just one short life.

And if you ask, then you must know.
If you still doubt, you should be told.
It was not we that made it so.
It was by those who went before.

And there you sit, tomorrow’s child
So full of love, so full of life
But you must rise to meet the day
Lest you become another tale

And there you sit, tomorrow’s child
So full of love, so full of life
But you must rise to meet the day
Lest you become another tale

Another tale, another tale
Another tale

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

The lyrics to Tales are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Tales 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 Tales 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 Tales" means the words set to the music of Tales, 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 Tales and the lyrics to Tales 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 Tales, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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