Black Sabbath

Songwriter: Dio Geezer Butler Tony Iommi

Oh what are you going to do
When there's a part of you
That needs to chase the wind
And the fire of burning yesterdays
Can only light the way
To lead you from the garden of the dark

If you listen to fools then now
It's like the chains are on
Today is never gone, tomorrow just never comes
Go on and jump, yeah, into the hurricane
You will forget the pain
It's only there to open up your mind

Looking at the world through your innocent eyes
You're seeing the promises now
They're only lies and broken dreams
Your silent screams

But you're living in a time machine
And you can choose just who you are
Someone that you've never seen
Somewhere that you've never been
You're living in a time machine

Oh what are you going to do
When every part of you
Just needs to catch the wind
And the fire of burning yesterdays
Can only light the way
To lead you from the garden of the dark

Looking at the world through your innocent eyes
You're seeing the promises now
They're only lies and broken dreams
I hear your silent screams

You're living in a time machine
And you can choose just where to go
Somewhere that you've never been
The somewhere you don't know

You're living in a time machine
And you can choose just who you are
Somewhere that you've never been
Someone you've never seen
You're living in a time machine

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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