Uriah Heep Album

(the way of life that must change)

In the court of kings I look around
My blood runs cold, I close my eyes
Out of my head a vision flows
I'll make the rules I need
For my survival, for my survival

I pull the strings, you take the glory
I load the gun, you shoot me down
I'm on the edge about to fall
Destructive power will make you
Lose your mind, use your mind


Trapped inside my nightmare
You are there
As I turn I feel your evil stare

We give our life, invest in time
To only fools who take controll
I spend another cold day in hell
Against the odds I fight
For my survival, for my survival

Your useless life gets crushed
Into the ground
The time has come
To turn it all around

(over importance of money)

I've no time for boring things
There's no religion
That can make my heart sing, no
They call me up
Say: hey come on down
We've got credit salvation
All over town

And I can see it everywhere I go
I can hear it on my radio
They keep telling me it's alright
But there's one thing
I don't need tonight

Is their sweet sugar, poison wine
I don't need these things
To make me feel fine
Sweet sugar, poison wine
Just need your love girl, every time

We don't need these
Pointless things
We just need to mend
Our broken wings
Take a look, a look
What's going down
We've gotta stop
Before we hit the ground

Yeah, we can have it
Don't you know
Take part in their tv show
They'll keep telling us it's alright
But there's one thing


I don't need tonight

You can't fool me
It's a waste of time
You're selling tears
Down the credit card line, yeah
But giving up is not
Their frame of mind
They'll find a way
To break us in time

Yeah, I can meet you
Everywhere I go
And I can hear you on my radio
You keep telling me it's alright
But there's one thing
I don't need tonight

Is your sweet sugar, poison wine
I don't need these things
To make me feel fine
Sweet sugar, poison wine
I just need your love girl, every time

Sweet sugar, poison wine
I don't need these things
To make me feel fine
Sweet sugar, poison wine
Just gimme your love girl
Gimme your love, gimme your love

Sweet sugar, poison wine
I need your love girl
Yeah, all the time
Sweet sugar, poison wine
I just need you girl, everytime

(moving to a fantasy world)

Won't you take
A chance my brother
Follow me to a time of revelation
Can't you see that
Destiny will take a turn
And show you
There's no need to fight
'cause you know it's right

And I finally see where I'm going
I finally know what I'm knowing
Now our journey's only just begun

You won't need to ask forgiveness
What you find
Will be your inspiration
You don't have to pray for glory
All is equal, no more pain
You know it's true, it's up to you


'cause I finally see where I'm going
I finally know what I'm knowing
Now our journey's only just begun

Over the bridge
Where you start to believe
Down at the edge of the rainbow
Dark is the night
But we've seen another time
Follow the light of the shadow

Right or wrong, there is no reason
There will be no hidden destination
With the strength that you discover
You can show the way
How it was meant to be
For all to see

'cause I finally know
What I'm knowing
I finally see where I'm going
Now our journey's only just begun

(enlightened woman)

She dances on the seven seas
Dances on the ocean
Sunlight on her golden hair
Shapes of pure emotion
Her voice is heard like
Crystal words across the sky
She moves just like an angel
She's the mistress of all time

Her sun pours down like liquid gold
To chase away the sorrows
Her clothes are like a million stars
Made of tears and rainbows
And all the while
Her senses smile into my life
She moves just like an angel
She's a mistress of all time

Just like the restless
To a mission bell
I must run to her
Meet her everywhere


As her music fills the universe

She leaves the dancing visions
Of her image on the water
And precious stones upon the shore
From every distant corner
Like diamonds in the light
They shine beyond the stars
She moves just like an angel
She's the mistress of all time

She dances on the seven seas
Dances on the ocean
Sunlight on her golden hair
Shapes of pure emotion
Her voice is heard like
Crystal words across the sky
She moves me like an angel
She's the mistress of all time

She moves me like an angel
A voice of pure emotion
Her tears are like a rainbow

(natures retalliation)

All the fields are
Smoke and flame, fire in the sky
It's a state of emergency
Much more than meets the eye
Just hide away your tears
There are many more hidden fears
As the universal wheels
Go round n' round n' round

Rivers of pollution
Taking life from living things
Running out of oxygen
There is no way to win
We ignore the signs of nature
Got to learn to live beside her
As the universal wheels


Go round n' round n' round

Better take good care of
All the things you say and do
Round n' round n' round ...
Look out for the warning sign
Now it's up to you

There's a mighty eight point six
Waiting in the ground
When she opens up
This world will humble to the sound
There is only one real power
Creating life by the hour
See the universal wheels
See the universal wheels
See the universal wheels
Go round n' round n' round ...

(false trust)
I've been standing hereWaiting for youBut I don't quite knowWhat I'm gonna doSo I drag my heels andI scratch the dustAnd I rub my handsSo I can feel my blood
I see the rain clouds formingThe dream is disappearingAnd I need it more than youBut you've got the power with you
You told me lies to protect the truthBut you won't admitWhat you're really gonna doSo you hold me to ransomEvery chance you getAnd you tie me downSo I'm a broken man
I see the future fadingThe dream is disappearingAnd I need it more than youBut you've got the power with you
Your words are out of touchBut they don't help me much'cause I fear the fear of fallingYou seem to hear no warningYour words are out of touchThis dream won't come to much'cause I fear the fear of fallingWhy can't you hear me callingForever calling

You change the rulesThe colour of your skinAnd then slam the doorSo I can't reach inI've tried so hard to be heardSo you think you know it allBut I'll steal the last word
I've watched the daylight fadingThe dream is disappearingAnd I need it more than youBut you've got the power with you
Your words are out of touchBut they don't help me much'cause I fear the fear of fallingYou seem to hear no warningYour words are out of touchYour dream won't come to much'cause I fear the fear of fallingWhy can't you hear my warning
Your words are out of touchThis dream won't come to much'cause I fear the fear of fallingDon't you hear my warningYour words are out of touchThis dream won't come to much'cause I fear the fear of fallingDon't you hear me calling
The dream is disappearing'cause you've gotThe power with you
So here we areThis dream has gone too far ...

(realising the new world)

I know instinctively
When something is right
With no one there to save me
You came into my life
The words you whispered
Still echo in my mind
Forget about tomorrow
Forget about time

So good to be alive and touch
The spirit of freedom - in your soul
So good to breathe the air and
Feel that life is worth living
There's no time to waste in this life
There's no time at all
So good to see the truth and touch
The spirit of freedom

I never thought that
I could ever feel this way
To see the warmest sunlight


On a cold and rainy day
Dawn wakes the silence
And I know that I can't wait
To hear the words
I wanna say again and again

So good to be alive and touch
The spirit of freedom - in your soul
So good to breathe the air and
Feel that life is worth living
There's no time to waste in this life
There's no time at all

There's no time to waste in this life
There's no time at all
So good to be alive and touch
The spirit of freedom - in your soul
So good to breathe the air and
Feel that life is worth living
There's no time to waste in this life
There's no time at all
So good to be alive and touch
The spirit of freedom - in your soul

(new perceptions)

You say her love has gone forever
And something has
Gone from your soul
It's left you so cold
Though you wish
You had the answer
The question is always untold
Always on hold
What's in the mirror
What do you see

It's a logical progression
When you think that
You lost all that time
It's all in your mind
What's in the mirror
What do you see

Lay down now and close your eyes
It's only just begun
'cause mind and body
Flow in perpetual motion
Set free all your memories
They're tearing you apart
'cause you know that
Love is the only direction

That reputation that you live by
Says something about what's inside
Nowhere to hide
There is no amount of heartache


That could ever
Wash over this burning
Forever learning
Look in the mirror
Will you do it all again

You got time on your side
You know you'll find
The truth within you
You got time on your side
As the seconds tick away
Love is waiting for you
You got time on your side

You say her love has gone forever
And the image has left you so cold
Still in your soul
There's no way
You're gonna turn back
You'll never wash over this burning
Forever learning
Look in the mirror
Will you do it all again

Lay down now and close your eyes
It's only just begun
'cause mind and body
Flow in perpetual motion

You got time on your side
As the seconds tick away
Love is waiting for you

(know yourself)
This is our world, our futureThese are our timesI believe we have to seeIn silence there's no mystery
The world is so busy talkingWhat do they knowThey're missing out on being aliveWords are turning into lies
We're looking for love to guide usWhat do we knowThe truth is never to be toldIt's waiting there inside your soul
The innocent joinIn fighting so easilyIn a world of pain and warWho knows what they're fighting for

What they're fighting forOh, what they're fighting forWhat they're fighting for
Many rivers running out to seaOne heart with a cry for loveMany dreamers in a moonlit skyOne sigh and they are gone
Love is the only directionThat leads to truthKnowing in your heart what's rightYou'll walk upon the sea of light
There's somethingIn love and silenceThat you can findKnow yourself and all aroundListen to the only sound

(love awareness)

Dancing with danger and
Tears in my eyes
Love ain't no stranger
So many goodbyes
Words in the distance
Are calling me

Just when I thought
I could make a a new start
Here comes another fire
Burning in my heart
Words in the distance
Are calling me

And to get to heaven
You gotta go through hell
I cut my heart on the wishing well

You know that I'm crazy
I'm just a fool
To say I love I love I love you
You know that I'm crazy, just a fool
To say I love I love I love you

My senses burning from
The heat of your skin


Deeper than deep
I feel you movin' in, oh
Words in the distance
Are calling me

You know that I'm crazy
I'm just a fool
To say I love I love I love you, well
You know that I'm crazy, just a fool
To say I love I love I love you
I love you

I hold this moment of magic
I hold it in my hand
A single moment of heaven

Don't you know that I'm crazy
I'm just a fool
To say I love I love I love you, yeah
You know that I'm crazy, just a fool
To say I love I love I love you

Don't you know I love you baby
Can't you feel it in my heart, yeah
And I don't know what to say, no
Well I've got a fire in my soul
I don't know which way to go
Or I don't know what to do, no

(the futility of war)

Oh, I was born your only son
And I will think of you
Before this day is done

The fires of hell surround me now
So I must fight for freedom
Against their raging guns

In all my life I never said
How much I loved you
In all this time
I never really said I cared

This war is wrong and so
I write these words
Before I give my life to the somme

In all my life I never said
How much I loved you
In all this time


I never really knew you

The fires of hell surround me, oh
The guns of hell will
Take my breath away
From my life this day
The fires of hell surround me, oh
The words I say
Must never disappear
Keep them locked inside your heart

I can hear the piper's song
And it will play for me
Before this day is done

So I will hold my head up high
If I must give my life
To stop their raging guns

Oh, I was born your only son
And I thank God for that and
That that will be done

(being, in love)

Been travelling this road for so long
My eyes are tired but I carry on
The sun lays down it's golden threads
I need a place to rest my head
Although I am far from home now
My soul's with you

It's hard to be out here on my own
So far away, so far from home
I need to touch and feel your skin
To live this dream in sleep again
Although I am far from home now
My soul's with you

So dream on, dream on
Freedom comes with timeless sleep
Dream on, dream on
In the arms of night
Your silent shadow gently speaks
Dream on, dream on

This hotel room's a lonely place
It's a one night cell I must escape
So I drink away my loneliness
So I can sleep and dream again


Although I am far from home now
My soul's with you

And as I fall into
The darkness of the night
You come to rescue me to
Shield me in your light
I feel your touch
The softness of your skin
You hold me close before
The day breaks in
This dream's so true
My heart it beats, it beats
It beats for you, for you

Although I am far from home now
My soul's with you

So dream on, dream on
Freedom comes with timeless sleep
Dream on, dream on
In the arms of night
Your silent shadow gently speaks
So dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on
So dream on, dream on
Dream on