Album: Master Of Reality (1971)

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• Have you ever thought about your soul
  Can it be saved?
  Or perhaps you think
  That when you are dead
  You just stay in your grave
  Is God just a thought within your head
  Or is he a part of you?
  Is Christ just a name
  That you read in the book
  When you were in school?
  
  When you think about death
  Do you lose your breath
  Or do you keep your cool?
  Would you like to see the Pope
  On the end of a rope?
  Do you think he's a fool?
  Well, I have seen the truth
  Yes, I've seen the light
  And I've changed my ways
  And I'll be prepared
  When you're lonely and scared
  At the end of our days
  
  Could it be you're afraid
  Of what your friends might say
  If they knew you believe in God above?
  They should realize before they criticize
  That God is the only way to love
  
  Is your mind so small
  That you have to fall
  In with the pack wherever they run?
  Will you still sneer when death is near
  And say that you may as well
  Worship the sun?
  
  I think it was true it was people like you
  That crucified Christ
  I think it is sad the opinion you had
  Was the only one voiced
  Will you be so sure
  When your day is near
  Say you don't believe?
  You had the chance
  But you turned it down
  Now you can't retrieve
  
  Perhaps you'll think before you say
  "God is dead and gone"
  Open your eyes, just realise
  That He is the one
  The only one who can save you now
  From all this sin and hate
  Or will you jeer at all you hear?
  Yes, I think it's too late Writer/s: Frank Iommi, John Osbourne, Terence Butler, W.t. Ward
  Publisher: Onward Music Limited, T.R.O. INC.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganI think Geezer denounced this song years later, if I'm not mistaken. Though they still played it live to the very end, so I might be wrong.
• Mike from New York CityI also enjoy the musical stylings of Sabbath!
• George from Vancouver, CanadaI've always loved original Sabbath (first 4 albumns, with Ozzy, mostly) & this song puts paid to all the Christian & church antis. . . Just like Jesus, Geezer is calling them out on their hypocrisies. With a hard demand to "put up or shut up."; He's npt judging anyone: he's forcing the listener to question where they are in life & belief. Very much a push towards Christianity, but this is explained above in the article. I'm not Christian, but I can understand this song as more generic as in asking yourself if you're on God's path for you, or on your own where you make up gods for yourself(like the sun); Geezer was raised Catholic, so that's ghis perspective & I coinsiderf ine or yours equally as valid. Does God? Ask Him yourself, but do enjoy the music & give thanks you were made with the ability to hear & appreciate well composed music, like classic Black Sabbath. I, a Pope, am a fool jkust like tyhe one in Rome, but I don't believe either of us should be hung at the end of a rope for it! Nor should you -- ask yourself these questoins, then take time to listen to the answers as you keep the music playing in the background. . . it's all good! YOU are good. Your LIFE is good! Your FUTURE is bright! This is the real Sabbath message. These guys loved their lives and they loved their fans & God for making their lifestyle of indulgence possible, but deep down they asked the hard questions of themselves then reflected their thoughts out to us in their lyrics. I love these guys! Nothing written or played today compares!
• Jackball from DenverSabbath now and forever!
• Cindy from Pure DeliriumSabbath freakin Rules!!! "Would you like to see the pope on the end of a rope do you think he's a fool"

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