Black Sabbath

Released: April 4, 1995

Songwriter: Tony Martin (heavy metal vocalist) Geezer Butler Tony Iommi

Mortal eyes, looking through a veil of dreams
Hypnotized, and ever living soul with wings
Think you're god, but you never had control
Think you're loved, but there's no one there at all...

My colours all ran dry, and now I see the world in
Black and white
It's too late now, it's time to kiss the rainbow
Goodbye

Poison tears running from a palsied face
Satan nears, descending on the human race
Think you're god, but you never had control
Think you're loved, but there's no one there at all...

My colours all ran dry, and now I see the world in
Black and white
It's too late now, it's time to kiss the rainbow
Goodbye

Listen to the wind, hear the gospel blow
Tell me that you don't hear what I'm hearing
And I will let you go
Look up to the sky, put your trust in me
Tell me that you ain't feelin' what I'm feelin' and I
Will set you free

Look into the flame, see the embers glow
Tell me that you don't see what I'm seein' and I
Will let you go
Look up at the sky, put your trust in me
Tell me that you ain't feelin' what I'm feelin' and I
Will set you free

Look into the flame, see the embers glow
Tell me that you don't see what I'm seein' and I
Will let you go
Taste the holy blood, runnin from my veins
Tell me that you ain't feelin' what I'm feelin' and
I'll take away the pain
Yes I will now, oh yes I will. It's time to kiss the
Rainbow goodbye

From their start as a heavy blues-rock band called Earth in 1968, Black Sabbath survived over four decades with a total of 19 studio albums and numerous hits, but only “Paranoid” reached the top 10 UK Singles Chart, putting together one of the greatest rock bands of all time and setting the standards for music in their genre.

Virtually every single heavy metal band has cited the early Black Sabbath albums as a major musical influence and Black Sabbath have at least played some part in laying the foundations for most of heavy metal’s sub-genres, including thrash metal (“Symptom of the Universe” and “Into the Void”), doom metal (“Black Sabbath”) and stoner metal (“Sweet Leaf”). The band also explored many rock sub-genres, including hard rock (“Paranoid”), blues rock (“N.I.B.”), psychedelic rock (“Planet Caravan”) and, of course, the traditional heavy metal, being one of the precursors of this genre.

They were ranked by MTV as the “Greatest Metal Band” of all time and placed second in VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” list. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. They have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance.

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