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Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp

This version of Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp was released by Black Sabbath in 1970.

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Precious cups within the flower
deadly petals with strange power
faces shine a deadly smile
back up on you at your trial

Chill and numbs from head to toe
icy sun with frosty glow
Why’d you go reaching your sorrow?
why’d you go read no tomorrow

Feel your spirit rise with the priest
feel your body falling to its knees
Take your walk of remorse
take your body to a corpse
take your body to a corpse
take your body to a corpse
if you want all remorse
take your body to a corpse

Now from darkness, there springs light
Wall of Sleep is cold and bright
Wall of Sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in, you are awoken

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About Lyrics and Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp by Black Sabbath

The lyrics for Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Black Sabbath. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp - Black Sabbath and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp by Black Sabbath in multiple ways. 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 Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp" means the words set to the music of Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp, 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 Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp and the lyrics to Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp 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 Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Wasp, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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