Lyrics to
St. Vitus’ Dance

This version of St. Vitus’ Dance was released by Black Sabbath in 1972.

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So you think you know what’s going on inside her head
You think she wants your money but it’s you she wants instead

When you think about the things that she did love to go
It breaks your heart but deep down boy you know it hurts to go

You feel your love so shattering
You feel you want to die
Just because someone did take off
Telling you a lie

If I were you I’d try again and try to make amends
She only thinks of you, you know I’m talking as a friend

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About Lyrics and St. Vitus’ Dance by Black Sabbath

When you decide to study the lyrics to St. Vitus’ Dance, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Black Sabbath. Some of the lyrics to St. Vitus’ Dance 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 St. Vitus’ Dance 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 St. Vitus’ Dance" means the words set to the music of St. Vitus’ Dance, 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 St. Vitus’ Dance and the lyrics to St. Vitus’ Dance 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 St. Vitus’ Dance, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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