Speed of Sound
Uriah Heep Lyrics

How long before I get in?
How long will it take for me to be accepted or included?

Before it starts, before I begin
Before everything begins or starts, how long until I am included?

How long before you decide?
How long until you decide what you want or need?

Before I know what it feels like
Before I have a chance to truly understand how it feels.

Where to, where do I go?
Where should I go or what should I do?

If you've never tried then you'll never know
You won't truly know until you try it for yourself.

How long do I have to climb
How much time do I have to take on this challenging task?

Up on the side of this mountain of mine?
To scale my personal challenges.

Look up, I look up at night
I stare up at the stars in the night sky.

Planets are moving at the speed of light
Planets move so quickly that it appears as though they're moving at the speed of light.

Climb up, up in the trees
Climb trees or any high place.

Every chance that you get is a chance you seize
Whenever an opportunity arises, you must grab it.

How long am I gonna stand
How long can I remain in a state of indecisiveness?

With my head stuck under the sand?
Being stubborn and refusing to acknowledge what's happening around me.

I'll stop before I can stop
I will halt before I come to a full stop.

Or before I see things the right way up
Before I can see things from the correct perspective.

All that noise and all that sound
All of the noise and sounds that are happening around me.

All those places I got found
All of the places where I have discovered myself.

And birds go flying at the speed of sound
Birds move so quickly that it appears as though they're flying at the speed of sound.

To show you how it all began
To demonstrate how everything came to be.

Birds came flying from the underground
Birds emerged from hiding underground.

If you could see it then you'd understand
If you could witness it for yourself, you'd finally understand.

Ideas that you'll never find
Ideas that will always remain elusive to you.

Or the inventors could never design
Ideas that are too complicated for even the most brilliant minds to conceive.

The buildings that you put up
The structures that you have built.

Or Japan and China, all lit up
The illuminated cities of Japan and China.

The sign that I couldn't read
A sign that was illegible or that I was unable to read.

Or a light that I couldn't see
A light that was invisible to me or that I was unable to see.

Some things you have to believe
Certain things must be accepted on faith alone.

But others are puzzles, puzzling me
Other things are mysteries that are difficult for me to comprehend.

All those signs I knew what they meant
I was able to interpret and understand all of those signs.

Some things you can't invent
Certain things just can't be artificially created or come into being.

Some get made and some get sent, ooh
Some things get created on their own, while others must be manufactured or transported.

Oh, when you see it then you'll understand
Only when you witness it for yourself, will you comprehend.