Lyrics to
Lord Of This World

This version of Lord Of This World was released by Black Sabbath in 1971.

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You’re searching for your mind don’t know where to start
can’t find the key to fit the lock on your heart
you think you know but you are never quite sure
your soul is ill but you will not find a cure.

Your world was made for you by someone above
but you chose evil ways instead of love.
You made me master of the world where you exist
the soul I took from you was not even missed.

Lord of this world
Evil possessor
Lord of this world
He’s your confessor now!

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About Lyrics and Lord Of This World by Black Sabbath

The lyrics for Lord Of This World are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Black Sabbath. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Lord Of This World 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 Lord Of This World - 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 Lord Of This World 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 Lord Of This World" means the words set to the music of Lord Of This World, 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 Lord Of This World and the lyrics to Lord Of This World 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 Lord Of This World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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