What do you think The Wizard means?

Uriah Heep - The Wizard Meaning

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Album cover for The Wizard album cover

Song Released: 1972


The Wizard Lyrics

He was the wizard of a thousand kings

and a chance to meet him one night wondering.

He told me tales and he drank my wine.

Me and my magic man kinda feeling fine.

He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire.

And as he spoke I felt a...

  1. anonymous
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    Apr 23rd 2020 !⃝

    In a Songfacts interview, Ken Hensley addressed the identity of the wizard in the song. "Actually, this song came from a dream that I had persistently over a week and, when I decided to write it, I just followed what I had seen in the dream, along with a little amateur philosophy!" Hensley said.

    "The dream came to life in the song and, although I always dream a lot, I never had that particular dream again."

    It sounds to me like it was pretty spiritual, sounds like a Jesus encounter!

  2. anonymous
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    Apr 17th 2011 !⃝

    It is a song about Gandolf of Lord Of The Rings.


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