Psychophobia

Album: Cross Purposes (1994)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song takes on extreme cults that can easily influence and mislead impressionable kids.
  • The lyrics, "It's too late now, time to kiss the rainbow goodbye," refer to Ronnie James Dio leaving Black Sabbath again and not being allowed to come back. Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, left in 1982, returned for an album in 1992, then did another stint (with the band renamed Heaven And Hell) from 2006 until his death in 2010. >>
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    Steve - Lake Havasu City, AZ, for above 2

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