Lyrics to
The Wizard

This version of The Wizard was released by Uriah Heep in 1972.

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He was the wizard of a thousand kings
And I chanced to meet him one night wandering
He told me tales and he drank my wine
Me and my magic man kind of feeling fine

He had a cloak of gold
And eyes of fire
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
To free the world of its fear and pain
And help the people to feel free again

Why don’t we listen to the voices in our hearts
‘Cause then I know we’d find we’re not so far apart
Everybody’s got to be happy
Everyone should sing
For we know the joy of life
The peace that love can bring

So spoke the wizard in his mountain home
The vision of his wisdom means we’ll never be alone
And I will dream of my magic night
And the million silver stars that guide me with their light

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About Lyrics and The Wizard by Uriah Heep

When you decide to study the lyrics to The Wizard, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Uriah Heep. Some of the lyrics to The Wizard 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 The Wizard 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 The Wizard" means the words set to the music of The Wizard, 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 Wizard and the lyrics to The Wizard 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 Wizard, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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