Lyrics to
All Moving Parts (Stand Still)

This version of All Moving Parts (Stand Still) was released by Black Sabbath in 1976.

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Super animation, turning on a nation
And they’re saying all moving parts stand still
Since he was elected, adrenalin injected
Hear him saying all moving parts should kill
Just like the hero he’s got them all on the run
Yes he’s won, yeah

Since he passed the motion, they’re building in the ocean
And he’s saying all men should be free
What a combination, peace and radiation
And he’s saying free men should fight for me
Just like his momma, he seems to get his pleasure from pain,
And the rain, ain’t that strange?
Very strange, yeah

I like choking toys
You’ve got to see me before you meet the boys
Teacher’s burnt the school
He’s had enough of sticking to the rules, alright

People stop and see
He’s got to be more decadent than me
Just to pass the time
He gets his kicks from licking off the wine

Pretty silly ladies, all Cynthia’s and Sadie’s
Call him and he takes their numbers down
Says he is a woman, should have seen it coming
And she says she’s married to a clown
Just like a lady she’ll keep you guessing through the night
Not tonight, well I might Oh alright, yeah

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About Lyrics and All Moving Parts (Stand Still) by Black Sabbath

The lyrics to All Moving Parts (Stand Still) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Black Sabbath used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to All Moving Parts (Stand Still) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Black Sabbath and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to All Moving Parts (Stand Still) by Black Sabbath. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to All Moving Parts (Stand Still)" means the words set to the music of All Moving Parts (Stand Still), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Black Sabbath. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to All Moving Parts (Stand Still) and the lyrics to All Moving Parts (Stand Still) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Black Sabbath who came here looking just for the lyrics to All Moving Parts (Stand Still), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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