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N.I.B./Basically

This version of N.i.b./Basically was released by Black Sabbath in 1970.

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Some people say my love cannot be true
please believe me, my love, and I’ll show you
I will give you those things you thought unreal
The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal

Oh yeah!

Follow me now and you will not regret
leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
forever with me ’till the end of time

Your love for me has just got to be real
before you know the way I’m going to feel
I’m going to feel
I’m going to feel

Oh yeah!

Now I have you with me, under my power
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you will see who I am
my name is Lucifer, please take my hand

Oh yeah!

Follow me now and you will not regret
leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
forever with me ’till the end of time

Your love for me has just got to be real
before you know the way I’m going to feel
I’m going to feel
I’m going to feel

Oh yeah!

Now I have you with me, under my power
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you will see who I am
my name is Lucifer, please take my hand

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The lyrics to N.i.b./Basically are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Black Sabbath used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to N.i.b./Basically 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 N.i.b./Basically 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 N.i.b./Basically" means the words set to the music of N.i.b./Basically, 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 N.i.b./Basically and the lyrics to N.i.b./Basically 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 N.i.b./Basically, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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