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Black Sabbath

This version of Black Sabbath was released by Black Sabbath in 1970.

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What is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me
Turn around quick, and start to run
Find out I’m the chosen one
Oh no

Big black shape with eyes of fire
Telling people their desire
Satan’s sitting there, he’s smiling
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh no, no, please God help me

Is it the end, my friend?
Satan’s coming ’round the bend
people running ’cause they’re scared
The people better go and beware
No, no, please, no

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Black Sabbath has released many songs over the years besides Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath released songs from 1970 to 2007 spanning across albums like Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master Of Reality, Vol 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy, Never Say Die, Heaven And Hell, Mob Rules, Born Again, Seventh Star, The Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, Tyr, Dehumanizer, Cross Purposes, Forbidden, Reunion, and The Dio Years. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Black Sabbath.

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The lyrics for Black Sabbath are defined as the words making up the song released by Black Sabbath in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Black Sabbath have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Black Sabbath and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath if you think through it. 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 Black Sabbath" means the words set to the music of Black Sabbath, 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 Black Sabbath and the lyrics to Black Sabbath 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 Black Sabbath, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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