Lyrics to
Iron Man

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

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Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We’ll just pass him there
why should we even care?

He was turned to steel
in the great magnetic field
When he travelled time
for the future of mankind

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
that he will soon unfurl

Now the time is here
for Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved

Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge

Heavy boots of lead
fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!

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About Lyrics and Iron Man by Black Sabbath

When you decide to study the lyrics to Iron Man, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Black Sabbath. Some of the lyrics to Iron Man have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Black Sabbath and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Iron Man if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Iron Man" means the words set to the music of Iron Man, 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 Iron Man and the lyrics to Iron Man 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 Iron Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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