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Tony Martin – Scream Lyrics 16 years ago
The lyrics from this song seem to be based on the Ghost Rider superhero from Marvel Comics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Rider_(Johnny_Blaze)


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Black Sabbath – Seventh Star Lyrics 16 years ago
This album is actually the first solo album from Tony Iommi. It was not meant to be labeled as Black Sabbath, but the recording label forced Iommi to release it as: "Black Sabbath Featuring Tony Iommi".

The Concept for this song (title song from the album) is about the torment of Saint Anthony from Egypt. Check it at Black-Sabbath.com site, Iommi was passing through really hard times back then, and that was reflected on the lyrics from the song, the sound of the album, and even the artwork from the album.

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Black Sabbath – After Forever Lyrics 16 years ago
Ozzy did not write lyrics, Geezer wrote all of them, except this one. After Forever is Iommi's song (Music and Lyrics). On the cover art from Seventh Star you can find more Roman Catholic imagery, particularly referencing Saint Anthony.

In this life, not everything is what it seems, Black Sabbath is not a satanic band, just a band doing songs dealing with horror and sci-fi themes.

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Dio – The Man Who Would Be King Lyrics 16 years ago
Right, exporting democracy in the name of God.

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Dio – Master of the Moon Lyrics 16 years ago
I think, I remember a video from an interview where RJD said something about some teenager dealing with his hormones, or something like that...

Because of that, I initially thought the song was about homosexuality, but later I realized that I was wrong.

The Moon is a metaphor for the Childhood.

A Master of the Moon is a grown-up person, an Adult. This is about a child who is growing, and not listening to the adults. At the end, he grows up too, and says: "I'm master of the moon" (I finally grew up).

You are 100% right on this one. This is another great song from RJD.

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Dio – Egypt (The Chains Are On) Lyrics 16 years ago
"the strange ones" are the fallen angels, check out the lyrics from don't talk to strangers.

It was the fallen angels who actually built the pyramids, therefore the name:

Egypt (the Chains are on).

Meaning that mankind's suffering started there, on a far remote past.

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Black Sabbath – Children Of The Sea Lyrics 16 years ago
Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and a terminal environmental catastrophe on Earth.

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Heaven & Hell – Breaking into Heaven Lyrics 16 years ago
There's more I can say to support the point about the Great Tribulation thing, but at the end all my comments come down to the same thing I said right from the start:

"You need to know well what the Bible says in order to understand it".

It would take me too long to explain the Theological Philosophy and Eschatology from Roman Catholicism, but I could close my comments about this particular song saying that Ronnie James Dio wrote the song. He may have any type of beliefs now a days, but as his family was from an Italian ancestry (was born Padavona, later changed the lastname to Dio, which by the way means God in Italian Language), you may expect him to be knowledgeable about the Bible, moreover given the mystical nature of the Band Black Sabbath (or Heaven and Hell).

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Heaven & Hell – Breaking into Heaven Lyrics 16 years ago
"here the fallen angels lament being away from heaven, and being stuck on earth - with men!!!"

Here there is a mistake, like I said at the start, it all comes from the Bible.

The Demons (Fallen Angels) used to be Angels, Angels may have bodies, that is may be physical (if they want), like the Angels who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

The Fall from the Fallen Angels means two things:

1st. They are not in Heaven anymore, and not on Earth either (not exactly), but in Hell.

2nd. They do not have bodies anymore, they may not be physical.

Because of those two limitations, when a Demon wants to get something done on Earth (on the Physical way), he needs to seduce a human, or possess a person first. That is what they mean when they say:

"Chained and cursed to wander with man".

That is why everything involves humans, it has always been like that, in fact the first sin from the Fallen Angels was hate for God's new creature: Adam.

Now, the second issue is that there is an end times prophecy on the Book of Revelations that states that the Gates of Hell would be opened, and the Demons would be released once more for a short while leading to human temptation & sin, and finally the Great Tribulation.

That Great Tribulation is what they mean when they say: "Get ready for War".

You did not come off as arrogant, I will be glad to keep adding notes if you have further questions.

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Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon Lyrics 16 years ago
Great song, no thanks to Baal... He did not want it finished, did anyone know that?

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Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon Lyrics 16 years ago
That translation sucks

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Black Sabbath – Letters From Earth Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is about giving some very bad news to the World.

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Black Sabbath – Letters From Earth Lyrics 16 years ago
Black Sabbath: Letters From Earth (Alternate Lyrics from 12" Single Version).

It's a cold world
And I'm in the middle
Caught in the in-between

I don't belong here
So I'm writing to you
They never understand
So I'm sending you some

Letters from earth, yeah

It's a new world
And now I'm a stranger
Stranger than you know

I don't belong here
And I'm writing to you
With blood on my hands

What if I send you madness
What if I send you pain
And letters from earth, ooh
All right

I see through the masquerade
The secret faces
The lie behind the smile
They can make the water
Taste just like the wine

Come on it's another game
And we gotta play on
They say it's just pretend
But did you ever ask them why
The game is called the end

I don't want your money, man
I just want a part of you
I can hear your voice of getting
Seems to belong in my brain

I don't want your pretty, no
I just want the heart out of you
Don't you think I said too much for now, hah
Don't be afraid

What if I send confusion
What is the time and the pain worth
Oh no no
I'm only sending -
Letters from the earth

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Black Sabbath – Ear In The Wall Lyrics 16 years ago
I am aware that when RJD sings this song, or the song "The Eyes" with the Band DIO, he says the song is about a paranoid person.

If RJD would not say that the character of the song is paranoid then people who understand the lyrics would think that RJD himself is a paranoid. I do not think RJD wants to be seen as a paranoid at all, and I perfectly understand why he says that on his interviews.

The character from the song is the kind of person who reads about the so-called "Conspiracy Theories" that populate today's internet. From the text of the song there is absolutely no indication about the person being wrong, just having problems making others believe what he/she already does.

Seeing things other people can't see does not necessarily make you crazy.

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Heaven & Hell – Follow the Tears Lyrics 16 years ago
"I sing, but I can't make a song"

This is a figure that Ronnie James Dio uses often on his songs.

Song: means an idea that, right or wrong, sounds well, and people sometimes believe in, and support. For example Socialism could be a "song", but that was just an example, the song is not about Socialism.

"I sing, but I can't make a song" means:
"I know what is right/true, but nobody would believe me (or accept it)".

The idea behind this song is similar to that one from the song "Letters from Earth" from the Album Dehumanizer. Remember the same song has alternate lyrics from the 12" single version too.

So, someone wants to say something that he/she strongly believes to be true, but admits that is way to hard to accept or believe.

Like the guy on "Letters from Earth", this one is carrying very bad news too, or perhaps is just very pessimistic.

"So if you want o know where
I've been
Hiding all these years
Follow the tears"

This song is about the "Search for the Truth".
If you really want to know where the Truth has been hiding all these years, then follow the Tears. Ask those who are suffering, they'll tell you.

Why?

Because the World is a terrible place, and whoever is enjoying it must be living on a dream, unaware of the reality surrounding him/her.

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Heaven & Hell – Breaking into Heaven Lyrics 16 years ago
Wrong. The Bible describes the past, the present, and the future of that rebellion. Like I said before, you need to know well what the Bible says about it.

Here is when the then-angels fell into sin/hell:

"High above the world we had it all, so no one seemed to care when evil came to call and soon we knew temptation and we sinned, then he closed the door, we can't come back again"

Here is when us (the humans, not the angels) will fall into sin/hell:

"Now we're back again we want it all, and no one seems to know that evil's come to call and we will bring temptation and you'll sin, then we'll slam the door, you can't come back again"

Ask if it is still not clear.

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Black Sabbath – Country Girl Lyrics 16 years ago
I guess you have got it right.

With the Band DIO Ronnie also wrote: "Don't dream of women, 'Cause they only take you down!" on the song: "Don't talk to strangers".

It really fooled me for a long time I actually thought the song was a romantic tale about a real girl from the country side...

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Black Sabbath – Too Late Lyrics 16 years ago
100% Correct Interpretation. Similar type of Lyrics are:
Don't talk to Strangers
Dream Evil
Bible Black

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Dio – Don't Talk To Strangers Lyrics 16 years ago
"Don't talk to strangers
Mmmmh"

#Don't contact demons#

"Don't talk to strangers
'Cause they're only there to do you harm
Don't write in starlight
'Cause the words may come out real"

#Automatic Writing, a Channeling (Mediumistic) Technique.#

"Don't hide in doorways
You may find the key that opens up your soul
Don't go to heaven
'Cause it's really only hell"

#Transcendental Meditation (like the one in Buddhism)#

"Don't smell the flowers
They're an evil drug to make you lose your mind
Don't dream of women
'Cause they only bring you down"

#Drug-Induced Shamanic-like Trance States of the mind where Astral Projection is induced, on that World always "women" appear to take advantage of you. This has nothing to do with the women from the "Real World"#

"Hey you, you know me, you've touched me, I'm real
I'm forever the one that lets you look and see and
Feel me
I'm danger - I'm the stranger"

#There you have it on your Astral Projection Experience; the one you met and had sex with, the one who said is your "Guru", that one is Danger, that one is a Demon#

"And I, I'm darkness, I'm anger, I'm pain
I am master
The evil song you sing inside your brain
Drive you insane
Don't talk"

#After you fall into their control then you'd see what they really are, the Evil Ideas that you believe now and repeat inside your mind to the point of obsession are already driving you crazy#

"Don't let them inside your mind, yeah
Run away, run away, go!

No - no

Don't let them in your mind
Protect your soul"

#This lines do not need interpretation, they are not a metaphor#

"Don't dance in darkness
You may stumble and you're sure to fall
Don't write in starlight
'Cause the words may come out real"

#Avoid the Occult#

"Don't talk to strangers [Don't talk to strangers]
'Cause they're only there to make you sad
Don't dream of women
'Cause they'll only bring you down
Yeah

Run, run, run, run away! "

I hope this interpretation help anyone who has been or is being possessed.

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Heaven & Hell – Bible Black Lyrics 16 years ago
There are drugs here:

"Let me go I've found addiction
and it makes me feel alive
Take me back
I must have the Bible Black!"

But this may be rather a reference to the shamanic use of drugs. Remember Jim Morrison on the Film: "The Doors", well that kind of thing.

"Let me go I've seen religion
But the light has left me blind
Take me back
I must have the Bible Black!"

There is no connection to drugs on this verse at all, on the contrary is about Religion. The person from this song wants to try "the Dark Side".

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Heaven & Hell – Bible Black Lyrics 16 years ago
Wrong again, here there is transcendental meditation:

"He locks himself away and tastes the silence
Hungry for another bite of wrong
and just the words "oh Lord please take me with you"
Took him to a place we don't belong"

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Heaven & Hell – Bible Black Lyrics 16 years ago
Wrong, here there is reference to hypnotic regression:

"Well here I go again
From the start to the end
I wish I could remember what I've done"

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Dio – Dream Evil Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is about Sleep Paralysis, and demonic attacks during the sleep (such attacks are sometimes portrayed as Alien Abductions). Just look at the cover of the Album, there is a demon sitting on the stomach of the person sleeping. That is a deep topic, and I am glad that someone wrote about it.

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Black Sabbath – Ear In The Wall Lyrics 16 years ago
Stargazer31 got it right. Maybe you need to travel to London to realize that the"Ear in the Wall" are hidden microphones, sometimes incorporated into the surveillance cameras ("The Eyes", from ""Master of the Moon DIO's Album).
"It's next to the eye in the wall".

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Black Sabbath – Shadow of the Wind Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is about drug addiction, the shadow of the wind is literally "smoke".
"And the first one's always free". Could it be more clear?
It has every step from Drug Addiction line after line, even the suffering from the man and his family:
"Every day is an inquisition
Who are you? What are you? Why?
I'm alive, I belong, I'll be back
It's a half truth, still a whole lie".
This is a wonderful song, RJD is a genius song-writer.

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Heaven & Hell – Fear Lyrics 16 years ago
I remember an Occult Rosicrucian Book that I read once. It spoke about the value of the fire, and how primitive cavemen men were afraid of the night until the fire came. The Book said after the fire came the nights were not the same, and men could think because they were not slaves of fear anymore, giving a big start to civilizations.
There are also references about the fire and a god from the Greek mythology who stole the fire from the gods in order to give it to humans, this song is using this Occult notion, and a metaphor: Satan's "daughter = energy" in order to represent that despite all the technological progress our civilization has had over the centuries, we are not afraid anymore from the same things (for example; wild animals), but we are afraid instead of a Thermonuclear War World III, or a Chernobyl-like Disaster, or stuff that can only come out of the Technological development.
This song comes right after "Atom and Evil", and I think that supports this view. In the past RJD has written songs like "Children of the Sea" where he strongly criticized the Industrial Revolution: "We made the demon dance, we threw away the key and locked the door". "Computer God", is another example of how skeptic can RJD be about Technology.

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Heaven & Hell – Double the Pain Lyrics 16 years ago
It's Euthanasia, read this:
"He's strong he will survive
It will make him come alive
I'm sure I saw him smile
Let's kick him for awhile".
Remember that Ronnie James Dio knows what is to be in comma, he was on that state for weeks when that car accident happened. Remember that is was after that when he changed his lastname from Padavona to Dio. Check that out at "the Early Years" page.

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Heaven & Hell – Breaking into Heaven Lyrics 16 years ago
This is the War between God and Lucifer, it is word by word what the Bible says, you need to know it in order to understand it.

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Heaven & Hell – The Turn of the Screw Lyrics 16 years ago
This is a Political Song, in a similar fashion like "Mob Rules", or "We Rock". This time Ronnie James Dio sends out a hidden Warning about Technocracy, the new political-economic system that is trying to take over the entire World. This represents the introduction of an "Energy Standard" for the Global Economy, the Symbol such organization uses is the ying-yang, and that is the reason why RJD described it as "the turn of the screw".

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Heaven & Hell – Rock and Roll Angel Lyrics 16 years ago
On the same way that Ronnie James Dio criticized Christian TV Evangelism on the song "TV Crimes" from Dehumanizer Album (Black Sabbath), now he criticizes the New Age Religions. Notice that the so-called "Rock and Roll Angel" is also described as a "Stranger in the Dark", which has an evil connotation on more Lyrics written by Ronnie James Dio (for example: "Don't talk to Strangers").

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Heaven & Hell – Bible Black Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is about a depressed Christian who gets involved on several features from the Occult and Satanism, losing his Soul at the end of the song. This lyrics and concept resemble the one from "Too Late" (Dehumanizer Album, Black Sabbath).

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Heaven & Hell – Atom & Evil Lyrics 16 years ago
The Fear of a Thermonuclear War World III, or a Chernobyl-like Nuclear Disaster on a today's World, when the Oil depending economies are starting to collapse.

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Heaven & Hell – Double the Pain Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is about Euthanasia, or life-agony duration prolonged by artificial life-support means.

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