Lyrics to
The River

This version of The River was released by Uriah Heep in 1977.

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River, rising to hide ??
Across the midnight
Wanderin’ westward by daylight
Take us and lead us to tomorrow
As fast as you come and can flow

River, you’re windin’
An unending rhythm
The sooner keep movin’ to warn him ??
The spirit that keeps us from sinking
Guide us from going astray

Point us a way to a shoreline ahead
Through the mist and the fog
Of this valley of death
Too many years we have
Walked in a sleep
Now we’re awaken
And ready fo flee

River, we hitchhikers beggin’ for mercy
Survive us from yesterday’s curses
Don’t damn us before you receive us
We’re needin’ your face and your trust

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

The lyrics for The River are defined as the words making up the song released by Uriah Heep in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The River 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 The River 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 The River" means the words set to the music of The River, 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 The River and the lyrics to The River 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 The River, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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