Black Sabbath is a seminal British hard rock/heavy metal band, originally comprising John "Ozzy" Osbourne (vocals), Frank Anthony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums). They are cited by many as having helped pioneer the Heavy Metal genre in the early 1970s. Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham, England in 1968 under the name Polka Tulk Blues Band (soon shortened to "Polka Tulk"), and later Earth. Initially a blues-rock band, Earth moved in a darker direction when their bassist, Geezer Butler, a fan of the black magic novels of Dennis Wheatley, wrote an occult-themed song titled "Black Sabbath" (the song name was apparently inspired by a 1963 Mario Bava film). (In their reunion concert film, the band stated that the song is based on an experience Geezer had one night when he saw a black object at the end of his bed and noticed the next day that an occult book Ozzy had given him was missing).
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After All Lyrics
Black Sabbath
What do you say to the dead
Will you forgive me for living
Cant believe the things that they said
Wonderful day for a killing
Its killing me
What do they do with your soul
Is it just lying there busted
When did you lose all control
Is there someone to be trusted
With my mind
Oh theres insufficient evidence
Of what just might come after
But sometimes out of nowhere
Theres demented sounds of laughter
Are we all haunted by
The ghost - imagination
It just cant be
Ive seen them there
Howling at the moon
Is it just me
Or does somebody else believe this
Well Im not alone
And Im not afraid
Theres just one way to see
Chorus:
After all etc.
What do you say to the dead
Is there a place where its burning
It says in a book I once read
Yes theres a chance of returning
Turn to me
The fundamental principles
Say nothing of forever
But those are voices that I hear
Or Im just not so clever
It cant be me
I know somebody else believes this
Well Im not alone
Im not afraid
Just one way to see
After all etc.