Megalomania

also, here are a more accurate set of lyrics: (a/b) means either a or b. im not even going to attempt the last part. your guess is as good as mine.

I hide I hide I hide I hide I hide I hide I hide I hide I hide myself inside the shadows of shame The silent symphonies were playing their game My body echoed to the dreams of my soul It started something that I could not control Where can I run to now, the joke is so mean No sympathizing God, it's insanity, yeah

Why don't ya just get out of my life, yeah Why don't ya just get out of my life now Why doesn't everybody leave me alone now Why doesn't everybody leave me alone, yeah

Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed Obsessed with fantasy, possessed with my schemes I mixed reality with pseudogod dreams The ghost of violence was something I'd seen I sold my soul to be the human obscene How could this poison be the dream of my soul How did my fantasies take complete control, yeah

Why don't ya just get out of my life, yeah Why don't ya just get out of my life now Why doesn't everybody leave me alone now Why doesn't everybody leave me alone, yeah

Well I feel that something's taken me, I don't know where It's like a trip inside a separate mind The ghost of tomorrow from my favorite dream Is telling me to leave it all behind Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow Got to get to happiness, want no more of sorrow

How I lied went to hide How I tried to get away from you now Am I right if I fight That I might just get away from you now Sting Me!

Well I feel that something's giving me the chance to return It's giving me the chance of saving my soul Me, turned the demigod I'm fading away I'm going backwards but I'm in control Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow Getting back to sanity, from the depths of sorrow

Was it wise to disguise How I tried to get away from you now Is there a way that I could pay Or is it true I have to stay with you now

How I lied went to hide How I tried to get away from you now Am I right if I fight That I might just get away from you now Suck Me!

I've been the king of schizophrenia the best of the earth I'll chase my soul in the fires of hell Peace of mind eluded me, but now it's all mine I set the trap, but it was me who failed Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow Now I've found my happiness, from the depths of sorrow

No more lies, I got wise I despise the way I worship you, yeah Now I'm free, can't you see And now instead I won't be led by you now Priest!

Ahhhhh-ahhhh I'm still (Sad Satin/Jack Rotten) Now you listen hey hey hey Ohh-no no no no god Ohh - oh, oh - oh... Un-hap-py (beast/me) AHHHah haha HAA... Ahh-ha, ha ha ha HA Back in Back in Back in the door the whore

A man with a split personality is battling with his bad side. I think some verses are from the 'good' point of view, and some from the 'bad' point of view.

sabbath thanks for this song. this is not a about Satan, Christianity , cocaine and blah blah this is about the mental state of a megalomaniac who is now aware that he is megalomaniac.

One of Sabbath's best songs in my opinion.

Love this song, though tasteofanthrax megalomania accually is a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur. Anyway sweet song all the same!

Sabbra21, you helped figure out the one line that I could not get.

Here are the complete accurate lyrics to the song:

I hide, I hide, I hide, I hide, I hide, I hide, I hide, I hide myself inside the shadows of shame. The silent symphonies were playing their game. My body echoed to the dreams of my soul. It started something that I could not control.

Where can I run to now? The joke is on me. No sympathizing God it’s insanity, yeah!

Why don't ya just get out of my life, yeah! Why don't ya just get out of my life now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone, yeah!

Obsessed, Obsessed, Obsessed, Obsessed, Obsessed, Obsessed, Obsessed, Obsessed with fantasy, possessed with my schemes, I mixed reality with pseudo-god dreams. The ghost of violence was something I'd seen. I sold my soul to be the human obscene. How could this poison be the dream of my soul? How did my fantasies take complete control? Yeah!

Why don't ya just get out of my life? Yeah! Why don't ya just get out of my life now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone now? Why doesn't everybody leave me alone? Yeah!

Well I feel something's taking me, I don't know where. It's like a trip inside a separate mind. The ghost of tomorrow from my favorite dream, Is telling me to leave it all behind;

Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow. Got to get to happiness, want no more of sorrow.

How I lied, went to hide. How I tried to get away from you now. Am I right if I fight, That I might just get away from you now? Sting Me!

Well I feel something's giving me the chance to return. It's giving me the chance of saving my soul. Beating my demigod, I'm fading away. I'm going backwards where I'm in control.

Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow. Getting back to sanity from the depths of sorrow.

Was it wise to disguise, How I tried to get away from you now? Is there a way that I could pay? Or is it true I have to stay with you now?

How I lied, went to hide, How I tried to get away from you now. Am I right if I fight, That I might just get away from you now? Suck Me!

I’ve been the king of schizophrenia, the messed up, the ill. I've chased my soul in the fires of hell. Peace of mind eluded me, but now it's all mine. I set the trap, but it was me who fell.

Feel it slipping away, slipping in tomorrow. Now I've found my happiness, from the depths of sorrow.

No more lies, I got wise. I despise the way I worshipped you, yeah! Now I'm free, can't you see? And now instead I won't be led by you now. Free!

The song does have to do with megalomania, though in the context of someone suffering from mental illness. The "god" that he worshipped and is trying to get away from is himself. Great stuff! Geezer really is an underrated lyricist.

ive read a lot about sabbath and i can tell you this,sabatoge was aimed at the managers,producers,ect.,who ripped them off of 99% of the cash they made so the song is pretty self explanitory from there,megalomania is aimed at the large egos of these creeps!

I always thought (and I still) that this song was about a cocaine trip. If you play really loud you're gonna hear the noise of someone sniffin cocaine on the last instrumental part....

This song was written after the band went on a huge cocaine binge and got the fear, though of course the lyrics were made suitably dark to tie in with the Sabbath way of doing things. An underrated classic.

OK, apparentlyit's about hippies. So says Geezer in the Black Box.