Lyrics to
Wise Man

This version of Wise Man was released by Uriah Heep in 1977.

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I sat before the wise man in the autumn of my youth
And I told him all the things I had to know
He said you heard the future if you need to find the truth
And in his eyes I saw that it was so

So I came around and asked him the meaning of live
And as he smiled I saw a twinkle in his eyes
He said with all his years there’s still so much he has to learn
And once again, I saw that it was so

Keep on living low and wanting for your turn
Is the only way to ease your concern
If you want to find your dream for sure
You don’t wake up too soon
And you’ll find that he’s a shooting for the moon

Wise man, wise man
Which way should I run
There’s so many roads, so many ways to turn
I’m like a blind man, lost in the sun
I wanna be like you and be a wise man too
But I’m looking for an easy way to learn

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About Lyrics and Wise Man by Uriah Heep

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

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