Lyrics to
Shock Wave

This version of Shock Wave was released by Black Sabbath in 1978.

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There’s no reason for you to run
You can’t escape the fate of the chosen one
Black moon rising, in a blood red sky
This time you realise that you’re gonna die

Drinking your blood brew is your answer
That’s what you plan to do
No dreaming, time you cheat this master
You’re on your own going through

Wind of mist has taken over your mind
And you think you’re on your own
Don’t believe you are the only one here
Look around, you’re not alone

Feel the forces from another world
Ghostly shadows fill your mind
Evil power hanging over you
As you freeze, you’re like a child
Look behind you!

Somebody’s calling
Someone is near
Feel yourself falling
Falling with fear
You tell yourself you’re dreaming
You realise you’re screaming
You know that this shouldn’t happen to you
You tell yourself that it’s scary too
But there is nothing you can do, oh!

Ghostly shadows from the other world
Evil forces in your mind
Trapped between the worlds of life and death
Frozen in the realms of time
Look behind you!

You feel yourself falling, you’re at the end of the line
Your body is crawling, but your senses are blind
Cold, cold feelings are running through your brains
Ice cold fingers, running through your veins

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About Lyrics and Shock Wave by Black Sabbath

The lyrics to Shock Wave are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Black Sabbath used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Shock Wave 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 Shock Wave 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 Shock Wave" means the words set to the music of Shock Wave, 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 Shock Wave and the lyrics to Shock Wave 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 Shock Wave, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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