Lyrics to
Cornucopia

This version of Cornucopia was released by Black Sabbath in 1972.

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Too much in the truth they say
Keep it ’till another day
Let them have their little game
Illusion helps to keep them sane

Let them have their little toys
Fast sports cars and motor noise
Exciting in their plastic place
Frozen food in a concrete maze

You’re gonna go insane
I’m trying to save your brain

I don’t know what’s happening
My head’s all torn inside
People say I’m heavy
They don’t know what I hide

Take a life, it’s going cheap
Kill someone, no one will weep
Freedom’s yours, just pay your dues
We just want your soul to use

You’re gonna go insane
I’m trying to save your brain

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About Lyrics and Cornucopia by Black Sabbath

The lyrics for Cornucopia are defined as the words making up the song released by Black Sabbath in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Cornucopia 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 Cornucopia 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 Cornucopia" means the words set to the music of Cornucopia, 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 Cornucopia and the lyrics to Cornucopia 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 Cornucopia, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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