Black Sabbath

Songwriter: Tony Martin (heavy metal vocalist) Tony Iommi Geoff Nicholls Cozy Powell Neil Murray

They say you came from heaven but I know that's not the truth
Cause I don't think an Angel could look anything like you
Your eyes are made from sapphires and your heart is made from stone
You gotta be the closest thing to hate I've ever known
And if I didn't know better I'd say you had come alone to the party
Oh yeah

The light is always shining, but you swear that it's gone black
The tide is always turning, but you're never looking back
If I didn't know better I'd say times were pretty bad

Because Rusty Angels they can't fly
Rusty Angels gonna die, yeah
Rusty Angels they can't fly
Rusty Angels gonna die, gonna die

The gifts you bring are fire, and your dreams they turned to dust
Your flying days are over, and your wings have turned to rust
If I didn't know better, I'd say all you had is lost

Because Rusty Angels they can't fly
Rusty Angels gonna die, yeah
Rusty Angels they can't fly
Rusty Angels gonna die, gonna die

If you swallow just a little pride, you might find a little love inside
Open up and let somebody in, 'cause if you need somebody
You know it's not a sin

Rusty Angels they can't fly, Rusty Angels gonna die, yeah
Rusty Angels they can't fly, no, Rusty Angels gonna die
Gonna die, yeah, you can't fly, oh no
Gonna die, oh yeah, you can't fly, oh no

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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