Black Sabbath

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

Can you hear, the people sing their song
To tunes of glory, they move as one
Refugees of liberation marching on
Sing your song, rock the nation, write of wrongs

When you take a life and steal it's shadow, all that's
Left is humanity

It's getting closer, change is bound to come
There's someone out there, holding candles to the
Sun
Then an answer, says that peace will come around
Stand in line, take your time and be proud

Take a life and steal it's shadow, all that's left is
Humanity
Take a man and steal tomorrow, all that's left is you
And me

Hear them call you, soldiers all in the field of love
Brothers, sisters, children all dying for love

Refugees of liberation marching on
Sing your song, rock the nation, write of wrongs

Take a life and steal it's shadow, all that's left is
Humanity
Take a man and steal tomorrow, all that's left is you
And me

Hear them call you, soldiers all in the field of love
Brothers, sisters, children all dying for love

Hear them call you, dying for love, those who know
You, dying for love
Brothers, sisters, dying for love, saints and sinners
Dying for love
Dying for love

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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