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Children Of The Grave

This version of Children Of The Grave was released by Black Sabbath in 1971.

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Revolution in their minds – the children start to march
Against the world in which they have to live
and all the hate that’s in their hearts
They’re tired of being pushed around
and told just what to do
They’ll fight the world until they’ve won
and love comes flowing through

Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today
Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way?
Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?
Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear?

So you children of the world,
listen to what I say
If you want a better place to live in
spread the words today
Show the world that love is still alive
you must be brave
Or you children of today are
Children of the Grave, Yeah!

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About Lyrics and Children Of The Grave by Black Sabbath

The lyrics to Children Of The Grave are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Black Sabbath used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Children Of The Grave 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 Children Of The Grave 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 Children Of The Grave" means the words set to the music of Children Of The Grave, 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 Children Of The Grave and the lyrics to Children Of The Grave 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 Children Of The Grave, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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