Lyrics to
The Writ

This version of The Writ was released by Black Sabbath in 1975.

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The way I feel is the way I am
I wish I’d walked before I started to run to you
Just to you

What kind of people do you think we are?
Another joker who’s a rock and roll star for you
Just for you

The faithful image of another man
The endless ocean of emotion I swam for you
Yeah for you

The shot troopers laying down on the floor
I wish they’d put an end to my running war with you
Yeah with you

Are you metal, are you man?
You’ve changed in life since you began
Yeah began

Ladies digging gold from you
Will they still dig now you’re through
Yeah you’re through

You bought and sold me with your lying words
The voices in the deck that you never heard came through
Yeah came through

Your folly finally got to spend with a gun
A poisoned father who has poisoned his son, that’s you
Yeah that’s you

I beg you please don’t let it get any worse
The anger I once had has turned to a curse on you
Yeah curse you

All of the promises that never came true
You’re gonna get what is coming to you, that’s true
Ah, that’s true

Are you Satan, are you man?
You’ve changed in life since it began
It began

Vultures sucking gold from you
Will they still suck now you’re through

(Cats, Rats)

The search is on, so you just better run
And find yourself another way
Probably dead, they don’t feel a thing
To keep them living for another day

(Rats, Rat)

You are nonentity, you have no destiny
You are a victim of a thing unknown
A mantle picture of a stolen soul
A fornication of your golden throne

A smiling face, it means the world to me
So tired of sadness and of misery

My life it started some time ago
Where it will end, I don’t know
I thought I was so good
I thought I was fine
I feel my world is out of time

But everything is gonna work out fine
If it don’t I think I’ll lose my mind

I know, I know, I know, yeah yeah I know
Listen to me while I sing this song
You might just think the words are wrong
Too many people advising me
But they don’t know what my eyes see

But everything is gonna work out fine

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About Lyrics and The Writ by Black Sabbath

The lyrics to The Writ are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Black Sabbath used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to The Writ 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 The Writ 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 The Writ" means the words set to the music of The Writ, 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 The Writ and the lyrics to The Writ 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 The Writ, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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