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BLACK SABBATH LYRICS
"Cross Purposes" (1994)
1. I Witness
2. Cross of Thorns
3. Psychophobia
4. Virtual Death
5. Immaculate Deception
6. Dying for Love
7. Back to Eden
8. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
9. Cardinal Sin
10. Evil Eye
1. I Witness
Across the desert of the burning dark
Darkness which illuminates you
There's a place you've always wanted to be
Whose pleasures always did escape you
It's always been so out of reach
Nothing so near ever felt so far, uh-ah
And now it's here within your grasp
A never ending burning says it all
As he drive into the darkness
In front the future, behind you - history, oh-o
Caught alone in the dark night
Do ya think that the way it's supposed to be?
Ya don't believe your eyes 'cause all they see is lies, oh yeah
You better run from the holy man
The eyes that will are set upon you
Listen not to verse and prayer
Songs that thrill, our voices tempt you, uh-ah
The inner flame has fear of death
Never has light ever seem so dark
Pilgrims of sabbocrasy
Hear the hounds of heaven as they bark
I witness a time and a place that never dies
Still frozen in time
This darkness the only place that I can hide
I witness a dream
2. Cross of Thorns
Don't come closer, 'cose it ain't safe here
Just turn around now and walk away
I gotta tell ya, there are no rules here
Sometimes I wonder what goes on there, behind those eyes?
When a promise is broken and no one trusts you
And young ones crying with their heads to their hands
When you talk about saving the souls of the faithful
You can't help thinking you've got blood on your hands
From a cross of thorns, cross of thorns
Tongues of fire always talking, wasted words that ring in my ears
We're still waiting, losing patience with all the lies of four hundred years
I gotta tell ya, there are no rules here
Sometimes I wonder what goes on there, behind those eyes?
We gave you yesterday and now you want today
Oh, from the hands of death we take our daily bread
Now all we do is choke and the words that you once spoke fade away...
Look at what you've done - it's a cross of thorns, cross of thorns
Take away, oh, this cross of thorns
Look at what you've done, woah
Look at what you've done - it's a cross of thorns
When a promise is broken and noone trusts you
You've got blood on your hands from a cross of thorns
3. Psychophobia
Mortal eyes looking through a veil of dreams
Hypnotised an 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 run 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, don't you wish you had control
Think you're loved, but there's no one there at all
Listen to the wind, hear the gospel blow
Tell me that you don't hear what I'm hearing and I 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
Alright
Look into the flame, see the embers glow
Tell me that don't see what I'm seeing and I will let you go
Taste the holy blood runnin' from my veins
Tell me that you don't feel what I'm feelin' and I'll take away the pain
Yes, I will now, oh yes, I will
Oh-oh... it's time to kiss the rainbow goodbye.!.
4. Virtual Death
Reach out and take for me fruit of the poison tree
Give me your body and your soul
My youth is fading fast, years melt into the past
This mortal life will take it's toll
I'm sick and tired of losing, you find this so amusing
It's all, I have to keep myself in this state I'm in
This spark of nature's fire, my only one desire
This world is hanging by a thread
People always tried to change me, alter everything I am
So many faces staring in on me, you left me in this state I'm in
-- Virtual death!
You may think this existance is just a human weakness
Inside my mind it's near the end
-- Virtual death!
I'm losing, I'm fading fast, I'm dying
-- Virtual death!
I'm floating, I'm fading fast, I'm dying
-- Virtual death!
5. Immaculate Deception
In the daylight comes darkness
On the verge of night a fear is born
Sweeter than the dream, the reality of you
Immaculate deception, deception
From the spirit runs poison
And the wheel of fortune is ever still
Sweeter than the light, the darkness of your soul
Immaculate deception, deception
Something has touched the spirit inside
Once there was love, now there's a void
Nights of deception ghosts in my mind
Am I bewitched, slave to desire?
It's knowing that time keeps rolling on
Night after day, day after night
It's knowing that feeling of coming home
To where my spirit lies
6. Dying for Love
Can you hear? The people sing their songs
To tunes of glory they move as one
Refugees of liberation marching on
Sing your songs, rock the nation, write of wrongs
When you take a life and steal it's shadow
All that's left is humanity
It's gettin' closer, a 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
You 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, oh yeah
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
7. Back to Eden
We are the star demons reachin' out, yeah
We wanna touch your world
We are the dream makers, pure and sweet, yeah
We gonna change your world
When you're tired of giving reasons
And freedom fighting freedom
If you're searchin' for an answer
We can take you back to Eden
There's no need for pain and anger
The power of peace can destroy the gun
Leave behind man's vanity, yeah
An' living life on the run
Is God forgiven? Is this the final warning
Watching as the killer turns?
Science fiction real life addiction
Human race will never learn
8. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Young life, too young, who's eyes are choking
Can't rest, can't sleep, for dreams that set you falling
Don't feel the hunger, can't drink no holy water
No light in these eyes, no place for dreams at all tonight.!.
When the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that holds the knife
And the knife that cuts the cable is the spark that feeds the life
No grave could be deep enough, down to hell if we were able
The veil of life was pushed aside by the hand that rocks the cradle
The oath you take is sacred, to save not steal the life
Like the ending of the sweetest soul that looked through human eyes
It's the hand that rocks the cradle!
It's the hand that steals the life!
9. Cardinal Sin
Where do you go when your conscience takes over?
Do you crawl to your corner and cry?
Did you imagine that noone would notice?
Just a secret to take when you die
All the world is watching you
Every tongue is screaming: Sinner!
How are your dreams? Do they claw at your sleep
Making darkness a place you despise?
Where is the god that once was your strength?
Are ya sure he was there from the start?
All the world is watching you
Nowhere you can hide
Every tongue is screaming
Only Satan hears your cries
When you sin cardinal sin, you make your bed
And on it you must lie, you must must lie
And your future's lookin' grim, but did you ever
Give a damn about the child? He's runnin' wild
When you sin cardinal sin, don't expect the world will treat you well
Do you think that God will forgive you
Of your sins now, when you need to sell your soul?
We point the finger; sin cardinal sin
Laugh in your face; sin cardinal sin
We point the finger, laugh in your face
'Cause you're no better than the rest of the human race
Woah, sin cardinal sin; woah, sin cardinal sin
10. Evil Eye
Something about the way that you look on me
You watch every move, every word, every fantasy
Got no time for love somethin' on your mind
Got the face of an angel, but the stare from a devil inside
I got hell lookin' up, heaven looking down
People say the woman's got an evil eye
I got hell lookin' up, heaven's looking down
Free me from the woman with the evil eye
I turned away but still I see your evil stare
Trapped inside my dreams; I know you're there
Thoughts of happiness - you destroyed them all
First inside my head then inside my soul
Oh, here you are inside my head
Burning dreams; am I dead?
Ooh, I'm floatin' in space and time
These thoughts, they can't be mine
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