Album: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)

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• You've seen life through distorted eyes
  You know you had to learn
  The execution of your mind
  You really had to turn
  
  The race is run the book is read
  The end begins to show
  The truth is out, the lies are old
  But you don't want to know
  
  Nobody will ever let you know
  When you ask the reasons why
  They just tell you that you're on your own
  Fill your head all full of lies
  
  The people who have crippled you
  You want to see them burn
  The gates of life have closed on you
  And now there's just no return
  
  You're wishing that the hands of doom
  Could take your mind away
  And you don't care if you don't see again
  The light of day
  
  Nobody will ever let you know
  When you ask the reasons why
  They just tell you that you're on your own
  Fill your head all full of lies
  You bastards
  
  Where can you run to
  What more can you do
  No more tomorrow
  Life is killing you
  
  Dreams turn to nightmares
  Heaven turns to hell
  Burned out confusion
  Nothing more to tell, yeah
  
  Everything around you
  What's it coming to
  God knows as your dog knows
  Bog blast all of you
  
  Sabbath bloody Sabbath
  Nothing more to do
  Living just for dying
  Dying just for you, yeah Writer/s: John Osbourne, Terence Butler, Tony Iommi, WT Ward
  Publisher: Onward Music Limited, T.R.O. INC.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 20

• Why Do You Wanna Know My Name from Why Do You Wanna Know Where I LiveLuna, I think you’re right. Heavy metal isn’t satanic or religious, it’s just music that is there to enjoy regardless of the fact that you’re religious or atheist. This song is a good example of that
• Cas from Usa“Those who’ve crippled you, you want to see them burn”
• Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganThe front cover of the SBS album depicts a person on their death bed. The person has lived a bad life and demons and evil spirits are coming to take them to Hell. The back cover of the album also depicts a person on their death bed, only this person lived a good life, and friends and loved ones are at their side, mourning their loss, and angels are coming to take them to Heaven.
  
  I find it interesting that some people are convinced that Black Sabbath are Satanists and every song by them is evil, and some people (much fewer, mostly on this site). are convinced that every song by them is religious or about the Bible. In reality, Sabbath are a group of great people that make great music and enjoy scaring people for shock value (much like horror movies).
• Neale from MoeMy moderately religious mother walked in on me listening to this on the radio back in '74, right at the part where Ozzy was singing the title lyric "Sabbath bloody sabbath". This was too much for her though, and she almost had an aneurysm, scolding me over how this was "blasphemy" and was "the Devil's music" and that I "shouldn't be listening to this". Of course, being a rebellious 13 year old, I was hooked after that.
  Ahh, good times, R.I.P mum.
• Danadoesdishes from Sun City Ca.Smoked my first joint in school with friends and listened to paranoid. Thank you for best band memories. Also I was at Cal jam in 1973 was there up front.
• Douglas Miura from Sao Paulo, BrazilThis song is a well known rip off from brazillian singer Vanusa and her song called "What to do". Her album was released a few months before Sabbath's album
• Airton from Someplace In This PlanetYou've seen life through distorted eyes (this verses explain everything - 2cor 4:4...In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not...)
  You know you had to learn
  The execution of your mind
  You really had to turn
  The race is run the book is read
  The end begins to show
  The truth is out, the lies are old
  But you don't want to know
  
  Nobody will ever let you know
  When you ask the reasons why
  They just tell you that you're on your own
  Fill your head all full of lies
  
  The people who have crippled you (For men shall be lovers of their own selves, Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.)
  You want to see them burn
  The gates of life have closed on you (But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.)
  And now there's just no return
  You're wishing that the hands of doom
  Could take your mind away
  And you don't care if you don't see again
  The light of day
  
  Nobody will ever let you know
  When you ask the reasons why
  They just tell you that you're on your own
  Fill your head all full of lies
  You bastards
  
  Where can you run to
  What more can you do
  No more tomorrow
  Life is killing you
  Dreams turn to nightmares
  Heaven turns to hell
  Burned out confusion
  Nothing more to tell, yeah
  
  Everything around you
  What's it coming to
  God knows as your dog knows
  Bog blast all of you
  Sabbath bloody Sabbath
  Nothing more to do
  Living just for dying
  Dying just for you, yeah
  
  20And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. IS NOW!!!!
• Cyberpope from Richmond, CanadaA 42m31s pleasure; thanks for linking to the full!
• Tameron from Taft , CaThe people that have crippled you, you want see them burn!
• Joe from Grants Pass, OrI'm sure I'm not the the only one that that tuned their guitars down to to learn this one !!
• Roy from Dalton, Ga, GaThat's right Paul, in the book "Black Box"
  Geezer B. said the song is about their
  experiences as a band and people trying to
  take advantage of them and rip them off left & right. The song and its title have nothing to with the song by U2.
  I wish people would read the book and get
  their facts straight before going onto these
  comment areas putting down what they think is
  the true meaning of the song. Don't these folks
  know that Black Sabbath members know what their songs are about?
  Their are some people who think they are
  "know it all's". Give us a break guys and get
  your facts straight. Read a book.
  Roy Butler, Dalton Georgia.
  
• Greg from Newport News, Vasaw sab 75
  was standing 10 foot over bill ward
  back when behind the stage seats wernt cool
  glad i was there
  5$ and they played till 1 am
  sadly that started the 11 pm show endings
• Cyberpope from Richmond, CanadaSabbath is anglicised from Hebrew "shabbat" meaning 7th(ie SATURDAY)
  
  True, the title was likely inspired by the Irish Sunday slaughter, but the lyrics don't seem relevant. . .
• Robert from Atlanta, GaOzzy is the best!
• Johnny from New York City, NyThe title does refer to Sunday Bloody Sunday...(Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)...Sabbath is a synonym of Lord's Day (meaning Sunday)...it does not say the song is about the Sunday Bloody Sunday massacre.
• Jason from Denver, CoNot having anything to do with this song, I do like the song "looking for today",which comes from the same album.The guitar riff is quite cheerful for a Tony Iommi riff
• Michael from Okla. City, OkBy far the best & most interesting Black Sabbath album. Michael, 4-18-08
• Lester from New York City, NyThis is definitely Black Sabbath's most interesting album.
• Bob from Perth, Wasabbath's most awesome song, and their best album too!
• Paul from California, PaA very good song, on what is, perhaps Sabbath's best record. By the way, it does not refer to Sunday bloody sunday. That would be the U2 song of the same name. People, you have to learn how to use context. An even easier way to bring forth the meaning of a song is to read what the artists themselves have to say.

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